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Comparative Government
Test 1
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 3
02/09/2009

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Term
Politics
Definition
Authoritative allocation of scarce resources
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Legitimacy
Definition
Created with tradition, charisma, credentials
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Authority
Definition
Needs power and legitimacy
Term
State
Definition
Includes people,territory,government,sovereignty
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Sovereignty
Definition
The ability to govern the area without interference from other states
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Legislative
Definition
Makes Laws
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Executive
Definition
Enforces laws
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Judicial
Definition
Settles Disputes
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Nation
Definition
A group of people who share the same culture and similar characteristics
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Country
Definition
Geographical Boundaries
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Totalitarian
Definition
-Having elite unelected leadership
-Junta or Oligarchy
-Media Controlled by Government
-All institutions controlled
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Junta
Definition
A group of military leaders
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Oligarchy
Definition
Small elite section of society
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Authoritarian
Definition
-Principle of authority prevails over individual consent
-Gov does care what you do unless it hurts someone
-Laws and consequences
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Democracy
Definition
-Allows the greatest amount of freedom that order allows
-Rights inherent
-Participation by the people
-Equality
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Democratic Equality
Definition
-Conflicts with rights and participation
-Equality of provisions
-Equality of need
-Equality of Opportunity
-Equality of group representation
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Confederacies
Definition
-Multiple subdivisions that create the national government
-all power is in the subdivisions
-they give power to the national government
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Unitary Structures
Definition
-All power is in the central government
-Subdivisions are made
-discretion of the central government
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Federal Structures
Definition
-2 or more levels of government
-each has its own power
-can execute power independently from the other levels
-Check each other
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Fused power
Definition
Make,enforce, interpret done by one area
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Separation
Definition
Make, enforce, and interpreting laws done by separate groups
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Parliamentary systems
Definition
-Prime Minister is leader
-The prime minister is expected to win every vote
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Prime Minister
Definition
-Must be the head of his party -Must be leader of the party with the majority of seats in parliament
-The prime minister and his cabinet must sit in parliament
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Presidential systems
Definition
-Does not have to be the leader of the party
-Doesn't need a majority in congress
cant sit in the legislature
-Presidents can lose in congress
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