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PLS 100- Exam 1Government - correct answer ✔✔the institutions and procedures through which a land and its people
are ruled
Autocracy - correct answer ✔✔A form of government in which a single individual rules
Oligarchy - correct answer ✔✔A form of government in which a small group of landowners, military
officers, or wealthy merchants controls most of the governing decisions
Democracy - correct answer ✔✔A system of rule that permits citizens to play a significant part in the
governmental process, usually through the selection of key public officials
Constitutional Government - correct answer ✔✔A system of rule in which formal and effective limits are
placed on the powers of the government
Authoritarian Government - correct answer ✔✔A system of rule in which the government recognizes no
formal limits but may nevertheless be restrained by the power of social institutions (organized church,
labor union, etc.)
Totalitarian Government - correct answer ✔✔A system of rule in which the government recognizes no
formal limits on its power and seeks to absorb or eliminate other social institutions that might challenge
it
Politics - correct answer ✔✔The conflicts and struggles over the leadership, structure, and policies of
government
Instrumental - correct answer ✔✔Done with purpose, sometimes with forethought, and even with
calculation
, Institutions - correct answer ✔✔The rules and procedures that provide incentives for political behavior,
thereby shaping politics
Jurisdiction - correct answer ✔✔The domain over which an institution or member of an institution has
authority
Agenda Power - correct answer ✔✔The control over what a group will consider for discussion
Veto Power - correct answer ✔✔The ability to defeat something even if it has made it on the agenda of
an institution
Delegation - correct answer ✔✔The transmission of authority to some other official or body for the
latter's use
Principle- Agent Relationship - correct answer ✔✔The relationship between a principal and his/her
agent. This relationship may be affected by the fact that each is motivated by self- interest, yet their
interests may not be well aligned.
Transaction Costs - correct answer ✔✔The cost of clarifying each aspect of a principal- agent relationship
and monitoring it to make sure arrangements are compiled with
Collective Action - correct answer ✔✔The pooling of resources and the coordination of effort and
activity by a group of people (often large) to achieve common goals
Free Riding - correct answer ✔✔Enjoying the benefits of some good or action while letting others bear
the costs
Public Good - correct answer ✔✔A good that (1) may be enjoyed by anyone if it is provided and (2) may
not be denied to anyone once it has been provided
By-product Theory - correct answer ✔✔The idea that groups provide members with private benefits to
attract membership. The possibility of group collective action emerges as a consequence.
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