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The process of deciding who benefits in society and who does not

Citizens' belief that they have the ability to achieve something desirable and that the government listens to people like them

Individual and collective actions designed to identify and address issues of public concern

Citizen actions that are intended to solve public problems through public means

The institution that creates and implements policies and laws that guide the conduct of the nation and its citizens

Members of the polit who, through birth or naturalization, enjoy the rights, privileges, and responsibilities attatched to the membership in a given nation

The process of becoming a citizen by means other than birth, as in the case of immigrants

A quality conferred on government by citizens who believe that its exercise of power is right and proper

Goods who benefits cannot be limited and that are available to all

Government in which a member of a royal family, usually a king or a queen, has absolute authority over a territory and its government

Government in which an elite few hold power

Government in which supreme power of governance lies in the hands of its citizens

System of government in which the government essentially controls every aspect of people's lives

System of government in which the government holds strong powers but is checked by some forces

Government that is structured by law, and in which the power of government is limited

Governemtnthat is restricted in what it can do so that the rights of the people are protected

The assertion that monarchies, as a manifestation of God's will, could rule absolutely without regard to the will or well-being of their subjects

An agreement between people and their leaders in which the people agree to give up some liberties so that their other liberties are protected

The assertion that standards that goven human behavior are derived from the nature of humans themselves and can be universally applied

• British Philosopher
• Author of Leviathan (1651)
• Believed in the righteousness of absolute monarchies
• Strong naturally pray upon weak
• Without absolute control anarchy prevails

• Two Treatises on Civil Government (1689)
• -rejected the notion that the rational for the divine right of kings is based on scripture. By providing the theotretical basis for dicarding the idea of a monarch's divine right to rude.
• Treatise
• -Individuals possess certain unalienable rights which he ID as life, liberty, and property.
• When people sign into a social contract they are going in with the notion that government will protect their natural rights. If not, citizens can rebel.

The theory that government is created by the people and depends on the prople for the authority to rule

The idea that individuals possess free will, and every individual is equally endowed with the God given right of self-determination and the ability to condesnt to be governed

A structure of government in which citizens discuss and decide policy through majority rule

A system in which citizens elect representatives who decide policies on behalf of their consttuents

The people's collective beliefs and attitudes about government and political process

The most essential quality of American Democracy; it is both the freedom from governmental interfearence in citizens' lived and the freedom to pursue happiness

An economic system in which the means of producing wealth are privately owned and operated to produce profits

Anyhing that can be owned

The idea that, in a democracy, the government's power derives from the consent of the people

The idea that, in a democracy, only policies with 50 percent plus one vote are enacted, and only candidates that win 50 percent plus one vote are elected

Integrated system of idea or beliefs about political values in general and the role of government in particular

An ideology the advocates change in the social, political, and economic realms to better protect the well-being of individuals and to produce equality within society

An ideology that emphasized preserving tradition and relying on community andfmaily as mechanisms of continuity in society

An ideology that advocates economic equality, theoretically achieved by having the government or workers own the means of production

An ideology whose advocates believe that government should take a "hands off" approach in most matters

An ideology that advocates military over diplomatic solutions in foreign policy and is less converned with restraning government activity in domestic politics than traditional conservatives