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Varieties of democracy

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DEMOCRACY: DEMOS- People KRATOS- To rule DIRECT DEMOCRACY: All people must gather and vote. Census. INDIRECT DEMOCRACY: People must elect a representative, citizens must participate in election in order to have their views represented. Representatives constitutionally responsible to the public. POLITICAL TAXONOMY/ FRAMEWORK LEVELS (Lowest- Highest): The Government Action Level- Making laws, Waging wars, National Defense, Setting Civil Disputes. The Government Level- Legislative Executive Judiciary Federal Branch The Linkage Level- Voting, Elections, Media, Interest Groups, Social Movement, Political Parties. The Structural Level- Culture, Economy, Domestic/International, Constitutional Framework. CONSTITUTIONAL ARTICLES: 1: The Legislature Branch: Congress

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Page 8-13,14-19,37-42,43-50,740-743, 70-78 What is the definition of government? The institutions that make authoritative decisions for any given society What are the policymaking institutions in the US? The congress, the president, the courts, and federal administrative agencies (bureacracy) What is politics? The process by which we select out governmental leaders and what policies they [ersure. Politics produces suthoritative decisions about public issues What is US vter turnout compared to other countries? America does quite poorly when judges by its voter turnout, with one of the lowest rates in the world Why does voter turn out matter? Voter turn out has an effect on who holds power. Because so many people don?t show up, the results are a distorted sample of the whole.
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