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| 46490336 | autocracy | a political system governed by a single individual | 0 | |
| 46490337 | capitalism | an economic system based on private property and free enterprise | 1 | |
| 46490339 | communism | economic and political system in which the gov't controls the economy by owning its farms and businesses | 2 | |
| 46490341 | consensus | general agreement, general agreement among a group of people | 3 | |
| 46490342 | conservatism | the disposition to preserve or restore what is established and traditional and to limit change., an ideology that advocates limits on government power to address economic and social problems, relying instead on economic markets and individual initiative to address problems like health care and education, while promoting government involvement in moral matters to, for instance, minimize or eliminate abortions or permit prayer in public schools. | 4 | |
| 46490343 | constitutionalism | Government in which power is distributed and limited by a system of laws that must be obeyed by the rulers and the people | 5 | |
| 46490344 | John Locke | English philosopher who advocated the idea of a "social contract" in which government powers are derived from the consent of the governed and in which the government serves the people; also said people have natural rights to life, liberty and property | 6 | |
| 46490345 | democracy | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | 7 | |
| 46490351 | government | the act of governing, the institution through which the state maintains social order, provides public services, and enforces binding decisions on citizens | 8 | |
| 46490352 | ideology | a system of social or political ideas | 9 | |
| 46490354 | jacksonian democracy | A policy of spreading more political power to more people. It was a "Common Man" theme. | 10 | |
| 46490355 | jeffersoniansim | democratically governed by an intellectual aristocracy under a laissez-faire styled government | 11 | |
| 46490356 | laissez-faire | "hands off" policy by government toward the economy. favored by republicans | 12 | |
| 46490358 | liberalism | an ideology that advocates the use of government power to address economic and social problems, like unemployment and environmental protection, while limiting government involvement in moral matters like abortion rights and prayer in public schools. | 13 | |
| 46490359 | madisonianism | political system based on checks, balances, moderation and compromise | 14 | |
| 46490360 | majority rule | the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group | 15 | |
| 46490362 | nation | a group of people with a common culture living in a territory and having a strong sense of unity | 16 | |
| 46490363 | natural law | a law that applies to everyone and can be understood through reason | 17 | |
| 46490366 | pluralism | A theory of government that holds that open, multiple, and competing groups can check the asserted power by any one group. | 18 | |
| 46490368 | popular sovereignty | government can exist only with the consent of the governed | 19 | |
| 46490370 | radical | politically, one who favors extreme change | 20 | |
| 46490371 | reactionary | advocating a return to an earlier social, political, or economic policy or condition | 21 | |
| 46490372 | representative government | Power is held by the people and exercised through the efforts of representatives elected by the people. | 22 | |
| 46490373 | republic | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | 23 | |
| 46490375 | rule of law | principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern | 24 | |
| 46490376 | socialism | a political theory advocating state ownership of industry and capital | 25 | |
| 46490377 | sovereignty | ability of a nation or state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other nations or states | 26 | |
| 46490382 | welfare state | A system in which the government takes responsibility for its citizen's social and economic needs. | 27 | |
| 46490383 | public goods | Goods, such as clean air and clean water, that everyone must share | 28 | |
| 46490385 | policy agenda | the issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other people actually involved in politics at any given point in time | 29 | |
| 46490386 | linkage institutions | channels through which people's concerns become political issues on the government's policy agenda. In the United States, linkage institutions include elections, political parties, interest groups, and the media. | 30 | |
| 46490387 | hyperpluralism | a theory of government and politics contending that groups are so strong that government is tied up in gridlock or watered down public policy and is weakened | 31 | |
| 46490388 | elitism | the attitude that society should be governed by an elite group of individuals | 32 | |
| 46490390 | majoritarian politics | a policy which almost everybody benefits and almost everybody pays | 33 | |
| 118966019 | politics | the effort to control or influence the conduct and policies of government | 34 | |
| 608510472 | social contract | the notion that society is based on an agreement between government and the governed in which people agree to give up some rights in exchange for the protection of others | 35 | |
| 608510473 | Harold Laswell | believed politics involves sharing of power, rule, and authority-who gets what, when and how | 36 |
