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Test 1

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Globalization   The increasing interdependence of citizens and nations across the world.  
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Government   The legitimate use of force to control human behavior within specified geographical boundaries.  
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Order   When it refers to social order it deals with established patterns of authority in society and to traditional modes of behavior.  
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Concept that Identify Values pursued by government.   Freedom, Order, Equality  
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Equality of opportunity.   Each person has the same chance to succeed in life.  
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Rights   The idea that every citizen is entitled to certain benefits of government and that the government should guarantee adequate housing, employment, medical care, and income.  
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Freedom from   Suggests immunity from something undesirable such as exploitation.  
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Political Equality   One vote per person, with all votes counted equally.  
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Libertarianism   Political ideology that is opposed to all government action except as necessary to protect life and property.  
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Political ideology   A consistent set of values and beliefs about the proper purpose and scope of government  
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Socialism   A form of rule in which the central government plays a strong role in regulating industry and directing the economy.  
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Democratic socialism   Socialist form of government that guarantees civil liberties.  
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liberals   Favor generous government support for education, wildlife protection, other social programs.  
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procedural democratic theory   A view of democracy as being embodied in a decision-making process that involves universal participation, political equality, majority rule, and responsiveness.  
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representative democracy   System of government where citizens elect public officials to govern on their behalf.  
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substantive democratic theory   The view that democracy is embodied in the substance of government policies rather than in the policymaking procedure.  
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minority rights   The idea that all citizen are entitled to certain rights that cannot be denied by the majority.  
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pluralist model of democracy   Not much knowledge required from citizens in general; seeks to limit majority action, some say to the point where minorities rule.  
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Oligarchy   A system of government in which power is concentrated in the hands of a few people  
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Social contract theory   States that the people agree to establish rulers for certain purposes and have the right to resist of remove rulers who violate those purposes.  
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confederation   a loose association of independent states that agree to cooperation on specified matters.  
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legislative branch   Making laws  
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executive branch   Enforcing laws.  
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judicial branch   Interpreting laws  
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New Jersey Plan   Equal representation of all states in the legislature.  
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judicial review   the power to declare government acts invalid because they violate the Constitution  
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national sovereignty   Each national government has the right to govern its peoples as it wishes, without interference from other nations  
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public goods   services that benefit all citizens but are not likely to be produced by the voluntary acts of individuals  
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equality of outcome   society must see to it that people are equal. Governments must design policies to redistribute weath and status to ensure equaltiy.  
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social equality   equality in wealth, educations and status  
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freedom of   an absence of constraints on behavior  
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police power   governments authority to safeguard residents safety, health, welfare, and morals  
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dilemmas of government   Freedom vs. Order and Freedom vs. Equality  
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totalitarianism   belief that government should have unlimited power to control all sectors of society  
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capitalism   system of government that favors free enterprise  
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conservatives   want smaller government budgets and fewer government programs  
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anarchism   opposes all government, in any form and values freedom above all else.  
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democracy   a system of government in which, in theory, the people rule, either directly or indirectly  
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responsiveness    
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participatory democracy   system of government where rank-and-file citizens rule themselves rather than electing representatives to govern on their behalf  
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majoritarian model   the classical theory of democracy in which government by the people is interpreted as government by the majority of the people  
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interest group   an organized group of individuals that seeks to influence public policy  
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elite theory   the ruling minority changes very little if at all  
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Declaration of Independence   the document that proclaimed the right of the colonies to separate from Great Britain  
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Republic   a government rooted in the consent of the governed, whose power is exercised by representatives who are responsible to the people.  
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Virginia Plan   Three branches... proportional respresentation in the liegislature  
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Great Compromise   House of Representatives and Senate  
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separation of powers   Assignment of law-making, law-enforcing and law-interpreting powers  
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enumerated powers   powers explicitly granted to Congress by the Constitution  
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implied powers   those powers that Congress requires in order to execute its enumerated powers  
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