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| The formal vehicle through which policies are made and affairs of state are conducted. |
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| Member of the political community to whom certain rights and obligations are attached. |
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| The study of who gets what, when, and how--or how policy decisions are made. |
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| A form of government in which power is vested in hereditary kings and queens who govern in the interests of all. |
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| A form of government in which power resides in a leader who rules according to self-interest and without regard for individual rights and liberties. |
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| A form of government in which the right to participate is conditioned on the possession of wealth, social status, military position, or achievement. |
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| A system of government that gives power to the people, whether directly or through elected representatives. |
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| An agreement between the people and their government signifying their consent to be governed. |
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| The belief that people are free and equal by God-given right and that this in turn requires that all people give their consent to be governed; espoused by John Locke and influential in the writing of the Declaration of Independence. |
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