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| A proposed law or constitutional amendment usually written by legislators, that is sent to people to vote |
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| A political reform movement of the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries that attacked political corruption and the failure of government to address social ills. |
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| the principle that all political power derives from the people |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| Approved by 2nd continentel congress on July 4, 1776 that articulated the principles of natural rigths and consent of the governed, detailed the numerous ways in which King George III of Britain had violated the colonists rights and declared independent from Britain |
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| Thomas Paine, published Jan. 1776. Urged independence |
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| Rights given to all humans, "life, liberty & pursuit of happiness." |
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| Principle that no one has the right to govern another without that other person's consent. |
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| The consent to government that people demonstrate in democracies by participating in the political system, especially by voting |
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| The consent that people may give to government even if they do not actively participate |
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| rule by a monarch, such as a king, who is restrained by a constitution that defines his powers |
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| Doctrine developed by Hobbes and Locke that refers to a state of society that preceded civil society. In state of nature there is no common authority to settle disputes and thus no one to protect the weaker from the stronger |
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| refers to wisdom about practical affairs. Good judgement in political affairs |
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| Morals are purely subjective |
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| Morals are derived from the values of a particular society or culture. |
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| the rights that are accorded to the citizens in a particular political community that are regulated by the state. |
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| The rights to influence governmental decisions in a democracy by voting for representatives and holding office. |
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| a democracy that works to secure tughts of its citizens and thus promotes their liberty or freedom |
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| All people treated equally before law |
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| The function of government to foster a healthy economy and enhance material well-being of citizens |
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| government that makes it a high priority to promote social welfare of the people |
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| reasoning on merits of public policy, searching for public interest or common good |
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| democracy whose institutions are designed to promote the rule of reasoned and informed majorities through representative institutions (American government) |
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| when legislatures trade support for one another's proposals |
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| Group theory (pluralist theory) |
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| view that large number of diverse groups control the government and politics and promote policies to serve their particular interests |
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| Government controlled by handful of elites in government, business, the professionals, and the media who often think alike and work together to promote their mutual interests. |
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| a theory of politics based on premise that citizens and public officials acts rationally to serve their personal interests, voting for who will most benefit them |
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| People rule themselves directly or through freely elected representatives |
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| The people choose their leaders through free elections in which their candidates and political parties compete for popular support and in which elected officials are held accountable for their conduct. |
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| Found in Ancient Greece, The People directly pass laws and make other key decisions |
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| Equivalent to representative democracy, people's views are expressed through elected officials |
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| Defined by Madison in Federalist ten, majority of the people brought together by a common passion or interest adverse to the rights of other citizens or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community |
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| Political power derives from the people |
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| The state of political hostility that existed between the Soviet bloc countries and the US-led Western powers from 1945 to 1990. Clash between liberal democracies and communist nations led by soviet union |
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| A political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs |
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