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Pols 206 Jon Bond
Minority Rights - ️️The full rights of democratic citizenship held by any group
numerically inferior to the majority. These fundamental democratic rights cant be taken
away- even if a majority wishes to do so-without breaking the promise of a democracy.
Representative Democracy - ️️A sys...
Pols 206 Test 1 Jon Bond
Minority Rights - ✔️✔️The full rights of democratic citizenship held by any group
numerically inferior to the majority. These fundamental democratic rights cant be taken
away- even if a majority wishes to do so-without breaking the promise of a democracy.
Representative Democracy - ✔️✔️A system of government where ordinary citizens
don't make governmental decisions themselves but choose public officials-
representatives of the people- to make decisions for them
Sovereignty - ✔️✔️The legitimate authority in a government to wield coercive power to
authoritatively allocate values
Autocracy - ✔️✔️A form of government in which the power to make authoritative
decisions and allocate resources is vested in one person
Oligarchy - ✔️✔️A form of government in which the power to make authoritative
decisions and allocate resources is vested in a small group of people
Democracy - ✔️✔️A form of government in which all the citizens have the opportunity
to participate in the process of making authoritative decisions and allocating resources
Three basic forms of government - ✔️✔️autocracy. oligarchy, and democracy
Popular Sovereignty - ✔️✔️Distribution of political power where sovereignty belongs to
all the people. The highest political authority in a democracy is the will of the people
Majority Rule - ✔️✔️The principle under which government follows the course of action
preferred by most people
Absolute Majority - ✔️✔️50% plus one of all members or all eligible voters
Simple majority - ✔️✔️50% plus one of those participating or of those who vote
Plurality - ✔️✔️The largest percentage of a vote, when no one has a majority
Political equality - ✔️✔️The idea that individual preferences should be given equal
weight
Equality under the law - ✔️✔️The idea that the law is supposed to be applied
impartially, without regard for the identity or status of the individual involved
, Social Equality - ✔️✔️The idea that people should be free of class or social barriers
and discrimination
Economic Equality - ✔️✔️The idea that each individual should receive the same
amount of material goods, regardless of his or her contribution to society
Equality of opportunity - ✔️✔️The idea that every individual has the right to develop to
the fullest extent of his/her abilities
government - ✔️✔️the institution that has the authority to make binding decisions for all
society
2 types of democracy - ✔️✔️Direct and Representative
Direct Democracy - ✔️✔️A form of democracy in which ordinary citizens, rather than
representatives, collectively make government decisions
Initiative - ✔️✔️An election in which ordinary citizens circulate a petition to put a
proposed law on the ballot for the voters to approve
Referendum - ✔️✔️An election in which a state legislature refers a proposed law to the
voters for their approval
Ideology - ✔️✔️A consistent set of values, attitudes, and beliefs about the appropriate
role of government in society
Partisanship - ✔️✔️A psychological attachment to a political party
False consensus - ✔️✔️The tendency of people to believe their views are normal or
represent common sense and therefore are shared by most people
Pluralistic - ✔️✔️A term used to describe a society in which power is widely distributed
among diverse groups and interests
Elitists - ✔️✔️A term used to describe a society in which organized, influential minority
interests dominate the political process
Political science - ✔️✔️The systematic study of government, political institutions,
processes, and behavior.
Normative - ✔️✔️Theories or statements that seek to prescribe how things SHOULD
be / what's good or bad
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