National Gov Chapter 1 terms

Government

organization of society + allocation of authority

Politics

gaining/excersice control + deciding who gets what

locke

life + liberty + happiness

Adam Smith

The Wealth of Nations

Private Goods

privately provided for porfits

Public Goods

available to everyone without additional charge

toll goods

available if you can pay

common goods

free but limited in supply

Sustainability

Protecting resources from depleting

US gov

republic/representative democracy

representative democracy

citizens elect representatives

majority rule

majority has greater influence

direct democracy

citizens participate directly.

monarchy

one ruler; dictator

oligarchy

small group of elites

totalitarianism

government controls all aspects of life

elite theory

small elite controls government

C. Wright Mills

business + military + political elites

pluralist theory

competing interest groups share influence.

Robert Dahl

politically active citizens + electoral payoffs

tradeoffs

compromises between competing interests.

first amendment

freedom of speech/press

fracking

competing economic/energy vs enviornmental interests

fix-NICS

National Instant Criminal Background Check System

civic engagement

citizen participation connected to government

Robert Putnam

believed that civic engagement was declining

social capital

Value of social networks and cooperation

26th amednment

voting age = 18

voting

fundamental form of civic engagement

civil disobedience

deliberate lawbreaking to produce change.

informed citizens

necesarry for representative democracy.

community activities

forms of civic engagement.