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| The struggle over power or influence within organizations or informal groups that can grant or withhold benefits or privileges |
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| The institution in which decisions are made to help resolve conflicts or allocates benifts and privileges. Government has the ultimate authority within society. |
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| A dictator or small group of people make all decisions about the political, social and economic issues |
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| The government is controlled by a dictator. Social and economc institutes exist which are not under government control. |
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| Rule of a land by wealthy members of ancient families |
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| Church and the state are not divide... the rulers of the land are the religious leaders. |
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| Ultimate political authority is in the hands of the people. Through the consent of the people, government and laws obtain their legitimacy. |
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| Dircect involvement of the people |
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| THe power of governmet is clearly limited |
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| Small groups represent the populace... a "ruler" may still be a figurehead |
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- The people hold ulimate authority
- The people elecet smaller groups to represent them.
- The elected officals make all policy decisions
- The people, unhappy with those descisions, can vote those officials out of office.
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| a patterned set of ideas, values and ways od thinking about the government and it's politics. |
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| The process through which individuals learn a set of political attitudes and form opinions about social issues. |
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| The greatest freedoms of the individual person which is not in oppostion to the freedoms of other individuals. |
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| Peace and Security. Government protects individuals from violence and criminal activity. |
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- Federal Goverment action to improve the welfare of individuals.
- Redistribution of income for the public good.
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- Limited Federal Government intervention.
- opposition to redistribution of income for any reason.
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| a recolutionary variant of socialism that favors a partisam dictatorship, government conctrol of all enterprises, and the replacement of free markets by central planning. |
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| An ideology that requires the national population unite behind an absoulute ruler. Fascism rejects individualism, values action over rational deliberation, and glorifies war. |
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| What is the purpose of government? |
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