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| A collective of individuals and institutions , the formal vehicles 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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| who gets what, when, and how |
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| form of government in which power is vested in hereditary kings and queens who govern in the interests of all. |
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| an economic system in which the government has total control over the economy. |
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| 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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| type of government that gives power to the people, whether directly or through elected individuals. |
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| agreement between the people and their government signifying their consent to be goeverned |
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| 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. |
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| system of government in which members of the polity meet to discuss all policy decisions and then agree to abide by majority rule. |
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| system of government that gives citizens the opportunity to vote for representatives who will work on their behalf. |
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| a government rooted in the consent of the governed |
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| commonly shared attitudes,beliefs, and core values about how government should operate. |
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| a key characteristic of U.S. democracy. initially meaning freedom from governmental interference, today it includes demands for freedom to engage in a variety of practices free from governmental discrimination |
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| the idea that government must draw their powers from the people |
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| central premise of direct democracy in which only policies that collectively garner the support of a majority of voters will be made into law |
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| the right of the majority to govern themselves |
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| a doctrine that society should be governed by certain ethical principles that are a part of nature, and can be understood by reason |
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| society created when citizens are allowed to organize and express their views publicly |
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