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| The collection of images, expectations, values, and assumptions constitutes an ideology. Ideology simplifies organizes evaluates and gives meaning to what otherwise would be a very confusing world | Ideology |
| A person who is upset the status quo, demands immediate change, does not like the way politics and government are being conducted. Advocates a complete change in the economic, political, and social values of society | Radical |
| Someone who is status quo oriented. Emphasizes order in society and supports traditional institutions and values | Classical Conservative |
| Abstract concept where individuals are united around a common language, or culture, or religion, or common history | Nation |
| A political unit governing territory is known as a | State |
| The theory of the origins of the state advanced by Aristotle thatPeople needed to seek perfection and could only do that within a community. State was greater than any single person. | Natural Theory |
| The theory of the origins of the state that it was created by conquest, associated with Georg Hegel and Friedrich Nietzche | Force Theory |
| Belief that Kings were given their right to rule by God | Divine Right of Kings Theory |
| The theory of the state based on popular sovereignty and that there was a tacit agreement between rulers and ruled. | Social Contract Theory |
| The identification by people with nation-states that had been developing since the late middle ages | Nationalism |
| A system of government in which a single political party controls political, social institutions and economics | Totalitarian |
| This political theorists is considered the founder of Classical Liberalism | John Locke 1632-1704 Known for his Second Treatise on Civil Government |
| The political theorists who advanced the idea of Separation of Powers | Baron de Montesquieu: 1689-1755 |
| The economists who believed in laissez-faire capitalism: Importance of the marketplace with little state interference | Adam Smith, 1723-1790, Wrote on the Wealth of Nations |
| Ancient Athens practiced a form of democracy in which every freedman took a turn in the Athenian assembly | Direct Democracy |
| He is the author of Leviathan who believed that the most important concept of the social contract was order | Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1679 |
| The philosopher who stressed the importance of community and is considered the father of radical thought | John Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778 |
| The form of democracy through elected officials is known as | Representive/Republican Democracy |
| The revolution in Britain that occurred in 1688 which helped establish Parliament's independence | Glorious Revolution |
| The economic system in which there is private property but the state directs economic acitivity | Mercantilism |
| Theory that factory owners will only pay enough to bring them to work another day. | Iron Law of Wages |
| The economist who believed that increases in population will outstrip a society's resources. | Thomas Malthus, 1766-1834 |
| The economist who advanced ideas of "Social Darwinism" who associated wealth with worthiness | Herbert Spencer, 1820-1903 |
| The belief that government should not be involved in the economy and that markets should be governed by the idea of supply and demand | Laissez-faire |
| The economic policy that calls for governmental intervention in the economy | Keynesian (Government activity stimulates economic growth) |
| Proponent of Classical Conservatism who argued for the importance of traditional institutions. | Edmund Burke ( Wrote Reflections on the Revolution in France) |
| The Father of the U.S. Constitution as he arranged many of the compromises at the convention | James Madison ( 1751-1836) |
| A series of newspaper editorialsw written to influence the ratification of the constitution | The Federalists Papers (Written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay) |
| The process of government of dividing authority between national, state, and local government. | Federalism |
| The idea that different institutions of government have separate powers and functions | Separation of Powers |
| The ability of different levels of government to impede the actions of other branches | Checks and Balances |
| The writer of the Declaration of Independence and Third Prresident of the U.S. | Thomas Jefferson |
| The Greatest Good for the Greatest Number | Utilitarianism |
| The author of On Liberty who argued that people did good things for enlightened self-interest | John Stuart Mill |
| The philosopher who argued that the happiness of the individual is the primary goal of society | John Dewey |
| The philosopher who argued that a government needed to promote the welfare of its citizenship | Thomas Hill Green |
| The process of democracy by interest groups is known as | Pluralism |
| The view that society is dominated by the interest of a few | Elitism |
| The idea that in any organization only a few people are active. | Iron Law of Oligarchy |
| A system by which power is divided between national, state, and local government is | Federalism |
| A system of government where the national government has virtually all power is | Unitary |
| The current Prime Minister of Great Britain is | David Cameron |
| In a parliamentary system when two or more parties control the government is | Coalition Government |
| The ability of citizens to get issues put on the ballot to have voters decide | Initiative |
| When governments have to put a question on the ballot for the voters | Referendum |
| A lasw specifically designed against one person | Bill of Attainer |
| Retroactively applying a law and trying to punish people for doing it when it was legal | Ex Poste Facto Law |
| A Type of democracy where the government is seen as a provider and the emphasis is on material eqality | Social Democracy |
| The type of Democracy which emphasis equality of opportunity and the government is seen as a regulator | Liberal Democracy |
| The type of democracy where government is exercised through elected representatives | Republican Democracy |
| The ultimate source of the legitimacy and authority of the state is the people | Popular Sovereignty |
| The maximization of the happiness of society | Positivist Law |
