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| organizations in which government power is exercised |
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| government steps in to regulate economy and guarantee individual rights to everything fair, ex. Capitalism |
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| government assurance of particular outcomes or results, more power to state, ex. Socialism |
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| God is sovereign, speaks through pope or prophet |
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| system in which absolute power is exercised over every aspect of life |
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| state allows economic freedom, but maintains stringent social regulations to limit noneconomic behavior |
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| vest power in the people, tries to maximize freedom for individuals while under gov protection |
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| citizens merely vote for leader, input ends here, simply an illusion of citizen importance |
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| citizen membership in groups is key to political power and to increasing the voice of the citizens |
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| citizens should actively and directly control all aspects of their lives |
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| advanced industrial democracy |
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| government allows citizens considerable amount of freedom and maintains a free market economy |
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| goverment in which decisions are made through representatives of the people |
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| right of the soil, wherever you are born, you are a citizen |
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| right by blood, american parents = american child |
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| broad patterns of ideas, beliefs, and values about citizens and government held by a population |
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| describes beliefs or values about how things should be or what people ought to do rather than what actually is |
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| american culture is described as both... |
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| procedural and individualistic |
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| core american values are... |
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| democracy, freedom, and equality |
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| less government control of individual lives, but more control when it comes to regulating the economy |
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| less government control in the economy and in individual lives |
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| favor minimal government control in all aspects, extreme conservatives |
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| favor greater control of the economy and in individuals lives |
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| favor strong substantive role in the economy and social order to realize their visions of a community of equals.. extreme liberalism |
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| limited government control of the economy but more on traditional social order aka more morals, "religious right'' |
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who gets what when and where - Harold Lasswell
Politics is a means through which individuals and groups compete and cooperate to shape government’s impact on society’s problems and goals |
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| politics are different from.. |
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| the goverment and the economy |
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| direct democracy = classical democracy |
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| citizens vote on most issues and legislate for themselves |
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| indirect democracy= representative democracy=republic |
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| citizens do not make policies but select policymakers who make decisions on their behalf |
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| federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances |
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| social system based on rigid social and political heirarchy based on ownership of land |
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| political participation in the colonies |
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| Virginia House of Burgesses and Maryland's House of Delegates |
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| fought between France and England, resulted in France's expulsion of the New World |
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| 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine that persuaded many colonists to support the Revolution |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| written in 1777 by Continental Congress, created a weak central government |
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| unrestrained power of the people |
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| a grassroots uprising in 1787 by armed Massachusetts farmers protesting foreclosure |
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| Constitutional Convention |
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| Philidelphia convention authorized to fix articles of confederation, 56 delegates, wanted to rewrite constitution |
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| political system in which power is divided between the central and regional units |
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| Two Plans for determining power |
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Virginia Plan- James Madison, representation based on population
New Jersey plan-William Patterson, representation be equal |
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| equal votes in senate (100) and votes by population in the house (435), called for single executive and judiciary system |
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| eneumerated powers of Congress |
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| nonspecific responsibilities of Congress, make all laws which shall be "necessary and proper".. Article 1, sec 8 |
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| Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land (Article VI) =article six |
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| Full faith and credit clause- duties that states within the united states have to respect their fellow states |
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| powers shared by both federal and state governments |
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| national government and state government are responsible for separate policy areas , OLD WAY UNDER ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION |
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| national/state goverments share responsibilities for most domestic policy areas, NEW UNDER CONSTITUTION |
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| all power is centrallized, nation government controls local units |
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| local units hold power, central government dependent on their existance |
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| legislature with two chambers.. house and senate |
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| branch of government responsible for putting laws into effect, expressed in Article II of Constitution |
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| government in which the executive is chosen by the legislature from among its members and the two branches are merged |
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| government in which the executive is chosen independently of the legislature and the two branches are separate |
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| power of the supreme court to rule on the constitutionality of laws |
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| alternative to judicial review, the acceptance of legislative acts as the final law of the land |
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| an alternative to separation of powers, combining or blending branches of government |
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| amending of the constitution |
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| ratification of amendments by 9 states by convention |
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| dispute about whether congress has the power to charter a bank and whether state could tax it, John marshall rules in favor of Congress, furthers national gov. power |
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| declaration by a state that federal law is void within its borders |
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| transfer of powers and responsibilites from the federal government to the states |
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| provide instructions and incentives, federal funds given |
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| federal funds provided but undetailled regulations and rules |
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| orders to pay for and operate a program created at the national level |
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| powers denied to congress, also represented in 9 and 10 amendments |
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| citizen petitions to place a proposal or constitutional amendment on the ballot, to be adopted or rejected by majority vote, bypassing legislature |
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| election in which bill passed by the state legislatures is submitted to voters for approval |
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| trustee reps their own interest, delegates rep the majority of the peoples |
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| congressional work to advance the issues and ideological preferences of constituents (ex. texas supporting big oil, midwest supporting farmers) |
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| allocative representation |
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| congressional work to secure projects, services, and funds for the represented district |
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| public works projects and grants for specific districts paid for by the general revenues |
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| 100 members, less formal, 6 yr term limits, must be 30 |
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| 435 members, 2 yr term limits, more rules, must be 25 |
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| reallocation of congressional seats among the states every ten years following the census |
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| processing of dividing states into legislative districts |
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| permanent committees that are responsible for legislation in particular policy areas |
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| appointed to deal with an issue or problem not suited to a standing committee |
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| made up of both members of the house and senate, formed to coordinate activities and expedite legislation in a certaion area |
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| temporary, formed to reconcile house vs senate differences on a bill |
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| legislation broken into bits and considered individually in committees |
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1. introduced by congress
2. sent to committee
3.goes to floor
4. passed in both houses
5. signed by president
6. becomes law |
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