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individualism
importance of being an indiviudal and your individual actions vs governement actions
eqaulity of opportunity
fairness in obtaining education and economic opportunities
free enterprise
econ system, orivate buisness almost completly free of gov control
rule of law
all individuals and groups treated equally under law
limited gov
gov power outlined and limited normally in a constitution
liberatarian
little gov in econ and lots of personal freedom only want gov to protect private property, voluntary trade, and individual liberty
democracy is based on
popular sovernigty
representative democracy
people elect officials to run gov, aka democratic republic or republican form of gov
participatory democracy
broad individual participation in politics
pluralist democracy
group based political participation by nongov interests
ex of pluralist democracy
planation owners picking senators in SC pre-civil war
interest group
groups that arent directly in government indirectly have a say in represenatitves and policies
hyperpluralism
powerful interest groups on both sides so nothing happens
gridlock
when little or nothing is accomplished by gov
elite deomcracy
limited individual participation in politics and gov tends to be dominated by wealth
presidential democracy
cheif executive is seperate from and equal to legislative
parlimentary democracy
cheif executive is part of and selected by the legislative
direct/pure democracy
citizens make gov decisions themseleves
initiative
allows voters to place potential legislation on the ballot
referendum
allows voters to vote on potential legislation
recal
voters can remove certain elected officals from office before their term is over
procedural democracy
theory which judges degree of democracy present in a society by the procedures and methods that allow people to vote and execise democracy
substantive democracy
thoery that judges the degree of deomcracy based on the reality of how much democracy is truly being exercised
linkage institution
mechanisms that facilitate represnetative democracy, some help gov determine what the public opinions on issues and others allow the public to learn about what the gov is doing on those issues
natural rights
rights people are born with, life liberty and the pursuit of happiness, associate with the declaration on independece
popular sovereignty
legitamente political power is given to the government byt the people, also associate with declaration of independence
biggest flaws in the articles of confederation
could not regulate interstate trade
no power to enfore taxation
no power to raise an army
lacking executive power
no national court system
shays rebellion
showed the weakness of the articles of confederation spefically the inability to raise a military
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