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American core ideals   liberty, equality, self-government, individualism, diversity & unity.  
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Civil Liberties   restraining the governments power agianst ind.  
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Civil Rights   Rights all indi. share as provided for in the 1st amendment  
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Basic Ideas   1.respect human dignity 2.equality before the law 3.free &open elections 4.decision by the majority rule, respect for minority  
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Basic Principles of Dem.   1.est. by constitution 2.const. is law above all laws 3.govt req. to preserve and protect fundamental human rights 4. govt. must provide "freedom, equality and justice for all.  
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Democracy   government by the people  
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Representative Democracy   people elect representatives to govern.  
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Constitution (a const. est. a government, not other way around!)   basic law, basic institution of govt., defines authority and limitations, supreme law, written by the people  
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Constitutional Democracy   those who excersice peower do so as a result of winning free and frequent elections. elections make a democratic. enforceable limits on a power make it constitutional  
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Constitutionalism   concept that the constitution is the basic law  
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Purposes of Government (in preamble)   1.est. justice. 2.insure domestic tranquility 3.provide defense 4.promote general welfare 5.LIBERTY.  
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Politics   governmental compromise & decision making  
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Social Contract   agreement among people to be governed, in return for government protection and services  
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to be Governed   regulated, restricted, taxed and punished  
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Suffrage   right to vote  
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sovereignty   exclusive right to control a government, a country, a people  
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Federalism   form of shared power between national (federal) & state government  
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Politicians   elected officials  
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Incumbent   current holder of office  
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Constituents   people served by an elected official, voters  
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Government   organization extending to all society  
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Self-government   principle that the people are the ultimate source and proper beneficiary of governing authority  
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Limited Gov't   government does not have unrestricted authority over people  
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Rule of Law   a government of laws, not of men, due process of law.  
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power in politics   the ability of individuals or groups to control public policy  
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4 major theories of Power   majoritarian, pluralist, elite, bureaucratic rule  
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majoritarian   the majority of people actually control govt. decision making  
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pluralist   special interest and political parties have power  
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elite   government controlled by a small group of wealthy elite  
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bureaucratic rule   govt is run by career civil servants in the federal bureaucracy  
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Authority   legitimate or accepted power  
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Legitimacy   widespread acceptance  
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Public policy   final result of govt action  
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Political institutions   organization or group that significantly influences public policy, ex: 3 main branches, mass media, political parties, special interest gropes......  
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Ideals   concept/model to be followed, most perfect form, exist in mind as one should be  
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Separation of Powers   division of political powers so one branch cannot dominate government  
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Checks & Balances   overlapping powers of branches of government to limit power  
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Judaical Review   Judicial Branch check and balanced, of reviewing laws passe by congress and the states  
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Bicameral/bicameralism   two house of congress  
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Bipartisan   two political parties, coopreation between the two major political parties  
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Liberty   individuals should be free to act and think as they choose  
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Equality   all individuals are equal in their moral worth  
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Individualism   people should take the initiative to be self sufficient  
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Unity   Americans are one group  
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Diversity   individual and group differences should be respected  
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Due Process of Law   collective leagal procedures  
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Capitalism   economic system based on free enterprise and individuals  
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hard money   funds given directly to political candidates to spend as they choose  
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soft money   campaign contribution given to political parties in support of. therefore subject to legal limits  
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Public Opinion   political attitudes, view and beliefs held openly expressed by ordinary citizens  
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Ideology   a consistent pattern of value and beliefs about the political system. generally characterized as liberal and conservative  
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Political Culture   peoples predominant values, beliefs, attitudes, ideals and evaluations of the political system. divided into subcultures. traditinalistic, individualistic, and moralistic.  
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moralistic   often aligned iwth New England, puritans, government is topromote public good and welfare, public service is a duty of wealth  
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individualistic   sees politics as dirty business, politicians only in office for themselves, to gain and give favors. want to be left alone by govnt.  
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Political Socialization   process by which political culture is passed on trough generations. we acquire our values through agents of socialization  
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agents of scialization   family, school, church, peer/friends, employment, media, political institutions and leaders  
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