Government
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
