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28 Cards in this Set
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-“who gets what, when, and how”
-“authoritative allocation of values” |
Politics
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the institution that has the authority to make decisions that are binding on everyone
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Government
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the authority to legally weild this coercive power to allocate values
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Sovereignty
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the power to authoritatively allocate values can be vested in a single person
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Autocracy
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power can be vested in a small group of people
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Oligarchy
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broadly share power among all citizens
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Democracy
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a distribution of political power; power belongs to all citizens
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Popular Sovereignty
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the government follows the course of action preferred by most people
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Majority Rule
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50% plus 1 of all eligible citizens
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Absolute Majority
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50% plus 1 of those who vote
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Simple Majority
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if choices are divided among 3 or more courses of action so that none have more than 50%, the choice with the greatest support
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Plurality
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any group numerically inferior to the majority, and it retains the full rights of democratic citizenship
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Minority Rights
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individual preferences are given equal weight
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Political Equality
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means all citizens have the same opportunities to influence the process of deciding who gets what
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Popular Sovereignty
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participation in influencing governmental decisions
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Equality Under the Law
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the idea that people should be free of class or social barriers and discrimination
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Social Equality
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means that each individual should receive the same amount of material goods regardless of his or her contribution to society
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Economic Equality
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meaning the right of all people to develop their abilities to the fullest extent
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Equality of the Opportunity
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citizens are the principal political decision makers
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Direct Democracy
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elections where citizens vote on policy decisions
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Initiative and Referendums
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a system of government where ordinary citizens do not make governmental decisions themselves but choose public officials-representatives of the people-to make decisions for them
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Representative Democracy
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the rule of law and a constitution constrain elected representatives and the will of the majority from using their power to take away the rights of minorities
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Liberal Democracy
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a consistent set of values, attitudes, and beliefs about the appropriate role of government in society; helps people figure out what they do and do not support
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Ideology
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a psychological attachment to a political party
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Partisanship
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the tendency of people to believe their views are "normal" or "common sense" and therefore shared by most people
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False Consensus
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power is fragmented and distributed widely among diverse groups and interests
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Pluralistic
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organized, influential minorities-checked neither by one another nor by the general populace-dominate the political process
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Elitist
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the academic discipline dedicated to the study of Politics, and it is the job of political scientists to explain the how and hwy of the authoritative allocation of values-who gets what and why
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Political Science
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