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| The management of conflict over who shall rule and what policies shall be made |
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| the ability to influence the political behavior of others |
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| tries to influence voters to win an election |
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| political authority supported by public opinion |
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| the institution that, with a monopoly on the lawful use of power, can make decisions binding the whole society |
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| political system where the people rule |
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| political system in which policy is made by officials elected by the people |
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| political system in which most citizens make policy as in a town meeting |
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| a form of democracy in which power is vested in representatives selected by means of popular competitive elections |
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| a basic principle of American democracy, that the people are capable of governing themselves |
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| his Two Treatises of Government had a strong influence on the political leaders of the 18th century, including Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence; believed that people are rational enough to perceive and undertand the higher (natural) law that provides a standard of human conduct |
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| an understood agreement among members of the society in which they accepted existing laws and penalties as binding (a John Locke theory) |
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| an extension of John Locke's idea that people are able to make rational decisions and that they understand what policies would best serve their interests |
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| the minority must be granted certain basic freedoms; these basic freedoms are what people usually mean when they link democracy and liberty (liberty being the right to express one's opinion) |
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| a democracy that places written legal limits on the power of the majority to act |
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| the right of individuals not to be discriminated against on the basis of their race, sex, or nationality |
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| the right to vote for political leaders; anyone registered to vote over the age of 18 can do so in regularly scheduled elections |
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| organized groups that support candidates for public office |
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| a government that vests power in an elected legislature that chooses the chief executive |
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| a government that vests power in a separately elected president and legislature |
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| distribution of power in a federation between the central authority and the constituent units (as states) involving esp. the allocation of significant lawmaking powers to those constituent units |
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| the power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official |
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| a system of administration based upon organization into bureaus, division of labour, a hierarchy of authority, etc: designed to dispose of a large body of work in a routine manner |
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civil liberty, as opposed to subjection to an arbitrary or despotic government; the right to enjoy all the privileges or special rights of citizenship, membership, etc., in a community or the like |
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a course of action adopted and pursued by a government, ruler, political party, etc.: our nation's foreign policy |
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