| A | B |
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| government | an institution through which a society makes public policies |
| public policies | all those tings a government decides to do |
| state | a body of people organized politically |
| sovereign | having supreme power and authority in a territory. |
| unitarian government | a centralized government |
| federal government | powers are divided between a cntral government and several local governments. |
| confederation | an alliance of independent states |
| presidential government | a separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches of government |
| parliamentary government | made up of the prime minister or premier |
| dictatorship | exists wherever those who rule cannot be held responsible to the will of the people. |
| democracy | supreme political authority rests with the people |
| direct democracy | exists where the will of the people is translated into public policy |
| representative democracy | a small group of people are chosen to represent the popular will of the people |
| compromise | the process of blending and adjusting competing views |
| anarchy | total absence of government |
