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| The legal right or power to give orders and enforce rules. |
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| Institutions and officials organized to establish and carry out public policy. |
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| The ability to cause others to behave as they might not otherwise choose to do. |
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| Power springs from the power holder's ability to punish or penalize others. |
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| The quality of being accepted as an authority, often applied to laws or those in power. |
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| A product or service that is available for all people to consume, whether they pay for it or not. |
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| An independent state, especially one in which the people share a common culture. in a nation-state, people have a sense of belonging to one country, even if they have different ethnic backgrounds. |
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| The right to exercise supreme authority over a geographic region, a group of people or oneself. |
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| The process and method of making decisions for groups. Although generally applied to governments, politics is also observed in all human interactions. |
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| An established organization, especially one providing a public service, and the rules that guide it. |
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| Kingship(one virtuous ruler) or Tyranny (one lawless ruler) |
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| Aristocracy (virtuous few for the good of all) Oligarchy (rule by the wealthy few in their own interest) |
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| Polity (constitutional gov in which everyone has a share in political power) Democracy (rule by the pooer in their own interest). |
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