POD A U.1

government

officials organized to establish or carry out policy

politics

process/method making decisions for group

type of government U.S is…

REPUBLIC

sovereignty

right to exercise supreme authority over regions or oneself or groups

power

cause others to behave as not choose to do

authority

legal power give order/enforce rules

legitimacy - what gives a ruler legitimacy?

accepted as formal authority (mayor)

social contract theory

agree obey ruler exchange ruler to protect rights

basic building blocks of government (coercion and revenue)

gov. power behave certain ways

collecting revenues

nation state - what is it? what are the characteristics?

independent state where people share common cultures (Territorial, state population, code of laws, national sovereignty)

five sources of power

legitimacy, referent, reward, extercise, coercion

public good

service all people consume

forms of government

dictatorship, monarchy, theocracy, democracy

dictatorship

1 person exercises supreme court (russia)

monarchy

1 ruler based heredity (UK)

theocracy

headed religious leader (iran)

democracy

citizens public decisions dirctly (popular vote) (switzerland)

direct

public decisions direct popular vote

direct advantages and disadvantages

A: smaller scale U.S

D:ruled by pure direct democracy

representative

decisions on citizens

representative advantage/disadvantage

A: ppl cast ballots

D:impossible remove pres. from power

parliamentary

Ruled by leg. Majority

parliamentary advantages/disadvantages

A: elected members par. Choose prime ministers

D:ppl demand elections inconsistency

presidential

voters choose president

presidential advantages/disadvantages and example

A: voters choose president to lead gov’t

D:abuse power and corruption

unitary

constitution power in national/central gov’t

federal

shared between national/similar gov’t within nation

confederate

power resides in regions

traditional

Provide for themselves (hunters and gatherers)

Command

gov’t decisions on good/services distributed to consumer (Soviet Union)

market

decisions by market (England, Japan)

mixed

gov’t involve market place (U.S)

Factors of production

basic resource required to produce goods/services

capitalism

Investors privately own

Socialism

command economic gov’t control wages/prices

Federalism

Divided between federal and state

federalism benefits

Against tyranny

Unity without authority

Federalism drawbacks

lack of law and policies

State tensions

expressed power

written out on constitution (article 1 section 8) Ex: going to bathroom

Delegated power

Ex: coin money, military, trendy, TAXES

Necessary/proper clause

carry out duties

reserved powers

Granted by the 10th amendment. Ex: education and voting/elections

state government

state legislature enact laws/leving taxes

apportionment

Seat legislature popular each state

Gerrymandering

drawing boundaries district/giving advantage

roles/responsibilities of governors

Help establish legislature agenda

Veto bills

Command state national guard

Roles/responsibilities of state courts

Trial courts and appeal courts

Set leg. Disputes

Trial courts

handle cases affect daily lives (Common)

appeal courts

handle interpreting law (more intense)

Local government - how are they organized? What does a mayor do?

Most cities divide power between elected mayor and city council

Provides basic services