AP Gov Chpt 1-2

Government

Purposeful use of power to control behavior

National Sovereignty

Nations have right to control their own affairs without intervention from others

Globalization

International interconnection of nations

Purposes of government

order, public goods, equality

order

established ways of social behavior l

liberalism

equality > order

communism

goods are shared by all people and controlled by the government

Public Goods

services that benefit all people that wouldn’t voluntarily be produced

equality

people are hesitant because providing public goods is already costly

freedom

absence of restraint and oppression

police power

authority to protect peoples’ well-being directly

political equality

1 person 1 vote, needs outcome equality

social equality

equality of opportunity and outcome

rights

idea that everyone is entitled to certain government benefits

totalitarianism

gov has total control of everything

socialism

government has majority of the control of goods, people still have some private property and control

democratic socialist

people can choose the extent of their civil liberties by voting, closer to socialism

socialist democrat

people advocate for less government regulation

capitalism

government doesn’t interfere with economy

libertarianism

opposes any government intervention except to preserve individual rights

laissez-faire

economic doctrine that opposes government intervention in business

anarchism

opposes any government intervention

conservations

order > equality

communitarianism

order and quality

autocracy

1 person makes all the decisions

oligarchy

elite makes all the decisions

democracy

the people directly/indirectly have the power to make decisions

procedural democracy

universal participation, responsiveness, majority rule, political equality. minority rights get ignored

substantive democracy

must protect civil liberties, civil rights, social rights, economic rights. government power increases, no objective list of democratic values

majoritarian democracy

majority rule + responsiveness. populists and progressives

pluralism

multiple interest groups compete with each other

elite theory

idea that in reality, government decisions are made by the elite

democratization

authoritarian —> democratic government