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| The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies |
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| all of the goals a gov. sets and the various courses of action it persues as it attempts to realize these goals |
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| the power to make a law and to frame public policies |
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| the power to execute, enforce, and administer laws |
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| the power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning, and to settle disputes w/in the society |
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| the body of fundamental law setting out the principles, structures, and processes of gov. |
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| a form of gov. in which the leader has absolute power and authority. |
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| a form of gov. in which the supreme authority rests w/ the people |
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| a body of people living in a defined territory who have a gov. w/ the power to make and enforce law w/o the consent of any higher authority |
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| having supreme power w/in its own territory; neither subordinate nor responsible to any other authority |
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| a form of gov. in which a single person holds unlimited political power |
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| a form of gov. in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self- appointed elite |
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| a centralized gov. in which all gov powers belong to a single, central agency |
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| a form of gov. in which powers are divided b/t a central gov, and several local gov. |
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| basic principle of federalism; the constitution provisions by which gov powers are divided on a geographic basis (the US -->> b/t the National Gov. and States) |
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| a joining of several groups for a common purpose |
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| a form of gov. in which the executive and legislative branches of the gov. are separate, independent, and coequal |
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| a form of gov. in which the executive branch is made up of the prime minister, or premier, and that officaial's cabinet |
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| an adjustment of opposing principles or systems by modifying some aspect of each |
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| an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods; investments that are determined by private decision rather than by state control, and determined in a free market |
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| a law which stated that when supplies of goods and services become plentiful, prices tend to drop. when supplies become scarcer, prices tend to rise |
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| an economy in which private enterprise exists in combination w/ a considerable amount of gov regulation and promotion |
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