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Relationship between democracy and free enterprise system

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why is the social contract theory most important to the us gov

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The belief that the people agree to set up rulers for certain purposes and thus have the right to resist or remove rulers who act against those purposes

.Social Contract Theory

Majority rule holds that

A majority will be right more often than it will be wrong and that the majority will also be right more often than any one person or small groups will

The us is

A sovereign state but the states within it are not

A gov in which a single person holds unlimited political power

Autocracy

How would a dictatorship be classified

Based on who can participate

Why is compromise important in a democracy?

Bc minority views are taken into consideration

How is the power of the federal government divided?

Between a central gov and several local governments

Explain the connections between democracy and the free enterprise system

Both are based on a commitment to the idea of individual freedom. In a democracy political authority rests with the people and in a free enterprise system economic authority rests with the people. Individuals in both make most of the decisions

In a dictatorship, those who rule

Can not be held responsible to the will of the people

one who holds both rights and responsibilities in a state

Citizen

The two branches are independent of each other and

Coequal in presidential gov

The key relationship between democracy and free enterprise is based on

Commitment to the idea of individual freedom

An alliance of independent states that act independently of each other

Confederation

How can congress use its legislative power to override the president

Congress can override a presidents veto

The power outlined here

Constitution

the body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of a government

Constitution

When the people themselves create laws and policies, what type of government do they have?

Democracy

How are democracy and the free enterprise system related

Democracy is based on th idea of rule by the people and the free enterprise system is also based on the idea of personal choice. Individuals make the economic decisions in this system and in a democracy the leaders are chosen by the people

The ultimate responsibility for the exercise of these powers may be held in a single person or by a small group

Dictatorship

Cannot be changed by either the local or national level acting alone

Division of powers

What is the central notion of the American concept of democracy concerning the individual dont do again

Each ind no matter what his or her station in life is a separate and distinct being

In what type of gov does power reside equally between the central and local govs

Federal

Gov in which it is divided by central and local govs

Federal government

The us gov would correctly be classified as what three types of gov

Federal, presidential, indirect democracy

Why does a unitary form of gov create local units of gov at all

For its own convenience they have only the powers given to them by the central gov

Economic system characterized by the private ownership of capital goods

Free enterprise system

Investments made by private decision not by government directive and success or failure determined by competition

Free enterprise system

Duties of citizens

Get in trouble if you don't do them

Institution thru which a society makes and enforces public policies

Government

What did Gerald Ford mean when he said that compromise is the oil that makes governments go

Government would be impossible without the process of compromise as a way of achieving majority agreement. Compromise is important democracy bc each individual is equal to all others

What basic concept of government does president Ford address. Define this concept and explain president ford's views on this concept

He is addressing the concept of compromise. Compromise is the process of considering all sides of an issue. Compromise is the best way to settle differences.

Are individual states in the US sovereign

No

Cna rulers in a dictatorship be held responsible to or by the will of the people

No

A gov in which the power to rule is held by a small group usually self appointed elite

Oligarchy

In what gov does the prime minister belong to both executive and legislative branch

Parliamentary

No checks and balances in___ that are in presidential government

Parliamentary

No deadlock in___ that is often in presidential

Parliamentary

In this the executive branch is made up of the prime minister or premier and that officials cabinet

Parliamentary government

In what way can the us be considered a republic

Political power exercised by representatives chosen by and held responsible to those citizens

Process by which a society chooses it's leaders

Politics

In a free enterprise system when demand goes up

Price goes up

In a free enterprise system who decides what and how much to produce

Producers and consumers buyers and sellers

What are the duties of every American citizen

Serving on a jury, serving as a witness, attending school, paying taxes, registering for the draft, obeying laws, respecting the rights of others

A state is

Sovergin but not our states

Defined as a body of people living in a defined territory organized politically with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority

State

Emerged as the dominant political unit thruout the world

State

legal entity

State

A sovereign is neither

Subordinate nor responsible to any other authority

The prime minister and cabinet are themselves members of

The legislative branch

Gives more power to Central government than the local gov

Unitary

In what gov does power reside with the central go a and local govs are secondary

Unitary

A . . ., often described as a centralized government, is one in which all powers held by the government belong to a single, central agency.

Unitary government

Greater power to Central government than to local

Unitary government

From the standpoint of geographic distribution what three basic forms of gov exist

Unitary, federal, confederate

Responsibilities of an American citizen

Voting, civic duties,

3 ways governments are classified

Who can participate in government, geographic distribution, and the relationship between the executive and legislative branches of government

In an indirect democracy

a small group of persons, chosen by the people to act as their representatives, expresses the popular will

the process of blending and adjusting competing views and interests

compromise

Supreme authority rests with the people

democracy

when the responsibility for the exercise of these powers rests with a majority of the people

democracy

An authority superior to both central and local governments makes this _____ on a geographic basis.

division of power

which theory claims the state developed naturally out of the early family

evolutionary theory

the power to execute, enforce, and administer law

executive power

one in which the powers of government are divided between a central government and several local governments

federal government

in which theory do individuals or groups seize power by force

force theory

the power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning, and to settle disputes that arise within the society

judicial power

Power to make laws and frame the public policies

legislative power

When Congress overrides a President's veto, it is exercising

legislative power

The democratic concept of equality entitles all to equal

opportunity and equality before law

4 basic characteristics of a state

population, territory, sovereignty, government

features a separation of powers between the executive and the legislative branches of the government

presidential government

All things a govt. decides to do like taxes, defense, education, crime, etc.

public policy

most related to the democratic ideals

social contract theory

which theory was important in the shaping of the us gov

social contract theory

Has supreme and absolute power within its own territory and can decide it's own foreign and domestic policies

sovereign

can determine its form of government and frame its own econ system and shape its own foreign policies. neither dependent on nor subjected to any other power or state. the us is one we are not subject to any other state(internationally, etc)

sovereign state

the us is a

sovereign state

state vs nation

state in a legal entity, nation is an ethnic term

what is a sovereign state

the absolute power within its own territory to decide domestic and foreign policies

justice

the law, law must be reasonable fair and injust

majority rule is the only

the only satisfactory device democracy knows

according to the constitution the purpose of gov is

to form a more perfect union and establish justice


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