Comprehensive Political Science Test Study Guide (POLI 2010)

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Power
The ability to make others comply with your will, even against their preference.
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Authority
The recognized right to exercise power and enforce decisions over the governed.
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Legitimacy
The widespread, popular acceptance of a government's right to exercise authority.
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Political Culture
A set of widely shared values, beliefs, and norms regarding who should govern, for what ends, and by what means.
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Political Ideology
A specific set of principles, ideas, and beliefs about how government and society should actually function in practice.
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Liberty
Freedom to think and act as desired without needless government interference.
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Equality
Equal moral worth, equal treatment under the law, and equal political voice.
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Individualism
Emphasis on self-reliance and pursuing personal goals.
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Pluralism
The coexistence of diverse interest groups sharing power in a democracy.
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Conservatives
Want less government involvement in the economy (free market), but more government involvement in social morality/traditional order.
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Liberals
Want more government involvement in the economy (regulation/welfare), but less government involvement in social morality/individual choice.
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Libertarians
Want less government involvement in both the economy and social morality.
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Communitarians (Populists)
Want more government involvement in both the economy and social morality.
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John Locke's Social Contract Theory
Holds that individuals possess natural rights (Life, Liberty, Property) and create governments to protect them; citizens may revolt if the contract is broken.
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Connecticut (Great) Compromise
Created a bicameral legislature combining proportional representation in the House of Representatives with equal representation in the Senate.
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Three-Fifths Compromise
Counted three out of every five enslaved persons for proportional representation and taxation.
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Popular Sovereignty
The core constitutional principle that ultimate political power resides with the people.
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Separation of Powers
The division of executive, legislative, and judicial responsibilities across distinct branches of government.
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Checks and Balances
Overlapping powers that allow each branch of government to limit the actions of the other branches.