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| has substantial but not absolute power |
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| power that is recognized as legitimate |
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| one person holds all power |
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| small groups of families who live together in a certain area |
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| in Marxist thought, these middle class people are the rich property owners who exploit the working proletariat |
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| the institution created by society to make and enforce public policies |
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| rules made by the government |
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| the way society makes, distributes, and consumes goods and services |
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| a severe world wide economic downturn during the 1930s |
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| provided by a government to meet the social and economic needs of the people |
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| the introduction to the U.S. Constitution which lays out the principles and purposes of the document |
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| scholars who study government |
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| Groups or bands of people related by family networks |
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| any family relationship, root word refers to family members |
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| control over the actions of others |
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| when someone who holds power is recognized as having the right to rule |
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| group of people with territory, government,and sovereignity |
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| power of nation-state to determine its own form of government and its economic and social systems |
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| the government of a nation-state |
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| this class of people has a disapproportionate share of power |
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| this is the type of system in which the government owns the means of production and property is supposed to be shared by all |
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| in Marxist thought, this class of workers owns nothing but its own labor. Members of this class are exploited by the bourgeoisie |
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| this is a system of departments and employees that carries out the functions of an organization. Bureaucrats are workers within this system |
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| this is C. Wright Mills' term for the elite in American society. He argued that the top military, economic, and political positions were held by the same people |
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| a form of democracy in which people elect representatives to make decisions. indirect or republic |
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| a ruler with absolute power, dictator, despot |
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| 18th century autocratic rules who used their power to benefit the people |
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| a general term referring to governments that spilt power between a central government and small local governments |
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| the name of legislative branch of many governments |
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| a set of beliefs, on economic, social, and governmental issues |
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| the major components of a government. |
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| a ruler with absolute power despot autocrat |
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| ruler with absolute power autocrat dictator |
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| all people meet together to make decisions |
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| voters choose the leaders who then make the decisions |
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| few people hold all the power |
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| has total power and obliges a particular ideology on the people |
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| the government has a limited amount of power |
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| centralized in one location |
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| written plan of government for the United States |
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| power is divided between central and regional governments |
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| power is divided evenly among an association of states |
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| legislature branch choosesthe executive branch |
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| form of democracy which people elect representatives to make decisions |
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| has executive and judicial branch checks and balances |
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| government was first imposed by force |
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| government evovled from family relationship |
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| government was created by God, and God chose the government leaders |
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| government orginated when members of a society agreed to create it |
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| one who is concerned with the correctness of people's needs |
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| study of relationships among countries |
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| developed the social contract theory |
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| power is held by a wide variety of people |
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