Unit 1 AP Gov

limited government

a government who has its power limited by the constitution and in turn of it's people

Natural RIghts

rights everyone one is born with that are inalienable

Popular Sovereignty

the government get its power from the people and those people elect officials

Republicanism

the people elect their representatives and participate in the government

Social Contract

An agreement between the government and the people where the people give up rights for protection of other rights

Thomas Hobbes

absolute monarchy
-king will cause less conflict
- gov should control religion to stop religious conflict
- government makes laws/decision to keep peace

John Locke

Representative Government
- natural rights were inalienable
people should revolt against the king if he breaks the social contract
government was to protect property

Charles Montesquieu

A government with separate branches that balanced eachother out
-gov created to stop war
gov was to maintain law and order, political liberty, and the property of one

Jean-Jaques R

Direct Democracy
- someone breaks a rule, they must leave the community
- social contract is a away for the rich to stay in power
- no one should give up rights to a king
gov is to do general will

Class Theory

government is a reflection of economic forces, primary ownership of the means of production
- business owners and laborers

Elite Power

A coalition of members who hold the most power
- top military fighters
-corporate leaders
- handful elected officials

Bureaucratic Theory

View that the government is dominated by appointed officials
-Police Department
-DMV

Pluralism

Decision making is located inside the framework of government
- USA

Weakness of the AOC

Government gets money from the states
Government can't raise an army
no court system

Structure of the Government under AOC

Combined all 13 states as the USA (A1)
State gov still had their powers (A2)
Each state gets 1 vote in congress and can send 2-7 participants in congress (A5)
States raised money for central government (A8)
New nation to pay for earlier war debuts (A12)

Federalist Ideas

2 gov
- central and state government
will provide a better and more hard-working political candidate
Could control factions
more citizens=better representatives
states need to work together to get more thing done

Anti-federalists

Small republic(state gov) is best
too many different ideas in a large republic will get nothing done
large republic=more corruption
large central gov that controls the army and money can not be limited or balanced

Politics

the activity negotiation discussion application of force, persuasion, or which an issue is agitated or settled

Majoritarian Politics

a policy in which most everyone pays and and almost everybody is involved (pays-involved)

Interest Group Policy

a policy in which one small group pays and another small group benefits

Client Politics

one small group benefits and almost everyone pays

Entrepreneurial Politics

almost everyone benefits and one small group pays

Interest Group

a group of people with special interests that try to change the government and politics

Why are interest groups good

more opportunities for citizen participation
more groups=less corruption

Why are interest groups bad

wealthy have more advantages
time,money, education
policies favor the rich
some groups can become too large=too much impact

Check and Balances

when seperate branches of gov share power and can stop actions made by the other branches

federalism

division and sharing of powers between the central and state government

Individual Rights

rights that people need to pursue their lives and goals without the interference of the gov and others

Limited Government

government whose power is limited by a constitution or other document

Popular Soverignty

government is based on the will of the people

republicanism

the people elect officals to represent them and can particiapte in the gov

seperation of powers

dividing the responsibilites of gov between distinct branches to stop from doing the job of the other

WHy is SOP so important

James Madison says that each part of the gov will have a will of its own meaning preservation of liberty
Legislature always dominated and sop limits that