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Chapter 1 Ap Govt
AP GOVT
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12th Grade
12/11/2010

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government
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The collective institutions that make authoritative decisions for any given society
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Two questions to be asked about governing:
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How should we govern? and What should government do?
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Functions of national governments throughout the world:
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Maintain a national defense, Provide public services, Preserve order, Socialize the young, Collect taxes
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Public goods
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goods, such as clean air and clean water, that everyone must share. Services like highways and public parks can be shared by everyone and cannot be denies to anyone
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political participation
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the ways in which people et involved in politics
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single issue groups
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groups so concerned with one issue that members cast their votes on the basis of that issue only, ignoringa politican's stand on anything else.
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