Political Science Chapter 1
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- Politics
- The struggle over how power shall be used and controlled within a state
- 4 Characteristics of state
- 1. population 2. territory 3. government 4. sovereignty
- Republic
- A representative democracy
- Institution
- An ongoing, man-made organization that performs certain functions
- Government
- Those institutions that hold a monopoly on the lawful use of power within a given community
- Democracy
- A system of politics in which political authority is vested ultimately in the people
- Liberal Democracy
- A democratic government with special gaurantees of personal freedom
- Direct Democracy
- A political system in which all or most citizens participate directly in making government decision.
- Power
- The use of legitimate force
- Authority
- The right to exercise power
- Legitimacy
- popular acceptance of the authority of an institution
- Efficacy
- a confident understanding of how one is able to affect political change
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