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POLI 2051 Exam 1 with correct AnswersWhat iiis iigovernment iiand iiwhy iido iiwe iihave iiit? ii- iiAnswers ii-It iiis iia iiformally
iiestablished iiway iiof iimaking iiand iicarrying iiout iipolitical iidecisions
Politics ii- iiAnswers ii-The iicompetition iito iishape iigovernment's iiimpact iion iisociety's
iiproblems iiand iigoals
In iiwhat iiways iiis iiour iipresent iigovernment iiundemocratic? ii- iiAnswers ii-violates
iimajority iirule
Social iicontract iitheory ii- iiAnswers ii--can iiguides iius iito iisome iiextent, iinormative iirather
iithan iiempirical iitheory
-not iia iiwritten iicontract, iibut iia iigeneral iiagreement iibetween iipeople iiand iitheir
iigovernment
Normative ii- iiAnswers ii-the iiway iithings iiought iito iibe
Empirical ii- iiAnswers ii-the iiway iithings iiactually iiare
Purposes iiof iigovernment ii- iiAnswers ii-protecting iilife
protecting iirights iiand iiliberties
providing iipublic iigoods
promoting iiequality
Conflicts ii- iiAnswers ii-Citizens iidisagree iiabout iiwhich iifunctions iiare iimost iiimportant
iiand iiwhich iifunctions iishould iibe iivigorously iienforced
Political iiideology ii- iiAnswers ii-A iicoherent iiset iiof iibeliefs iiabout iihow iipolicies iiaffect
iisociety iiand iiwhich iipolicies iiare iidesirable. iiIn iithe iiUS, iiwe iithink iiof iitwo: iiliberals iiand
iiconservatives
Nolan iichart ii- iiAnswers ii--not iiall iiissues iiwork iiwith iithe iichart, iisuch iias iigun iicontrol
-doesn't iiconsider iithat iisome iiissues iihave iimore iiweight iithan iiothers
-more iitendencies iinot iihard iiand iifast iirules
Policy iiprocess ii- iiAnswers ii-People-->linkage iiprocesses-->government iiagenda--
>government-->policies-->back iito iitop ii(full iicircle)
Requirements iifor iidemocracy ii- iiAnswers ii-1. iipopular iisovereignty
2. iipolitical iiequality
3. iipolitical iiliberty
, Popular iisovereignty ii- iiAnswers ii--government iipolicies iireflect iiwishes iiof iipeople
-government iileaders iiare iielected
-elections iiare iifree iiand iifair
-people iiparticipate iiin iithe iiprocess
-high iiquality iiinformation iiis iiavailable
-the iimajority iirules
-government iipolicies iiare iieffective
Individualism ii- iiAnswers ii-idea iithat iipeople iishould iithat iithe iiinitiative iiand iiaccumulate
iithe iimaterial iiadvantages iinecessary iifor iitheir iiwell-being
Pluralism ii- iiAnswers ii-theory iiof iiAmerican iipolitics iithat iiholds iithat iisociety's iiinterests
iiare iisubstantially iirepresented iithrough iithe iiactivities iiof iigroups
Constitutionalism ii- iiAnswers ii-idea iithat iithere iiare iilawful iilimits iion iithe iipower iiof
iigovernment
Free-market iisystem ii- iiAnswers ii-economic iisystem iibased iion iithe iiidea iithat
iigovernment iishould iiinterfere iiwith iieconomic iitransactions iias iilittle iias iipossible
Political iithinking ii- iiAnswers ii-reflective iithinking iifocused iion iideciding iiwhat iican
iireasonably iibe iibelieved iiand iithen iiusing iithis iiinformation iito iimake iipolitical
iijudgments
Authoritarian iigovernment ii- iiAnswers ii-form iiof iigovernment iiin iiwhich iithose iiin iipower
iiopenly iirepress iitheir iiopponents iiin iiorder iito iistay iiin iipower
Constitution ii- iiAnswers ii-document iithat iispecifies iithe iibasic iistructure iiof iigovernment
Republicanism ii- iiAnswers ii-form iiof iigovernment iiin iiwhich iipower iiresides iiin iithe
iipeople iiand iiis iiexercised iiby iitheir iielected iirepresentatives
Federalism ii- iiAnswers ii-the iidivision iiof iisovereignty, iiand iihence iipower, iiamong iitwo
iior iimore iigovernments- iinational iiand iistate iigovernments iiin iiour iicase. iiPowers iiare
iiderived iifrom iithe iipeople iiwho iiare iithe iiultimate iisovereign
Separation iiof iipowers ii- iiAnswers ii-the iiassignment iiof iilaw-making, iilaw-enforcing, iiand
iilaw-interpreting iifunctions iito iiseparate iiand iiindependent iilegislative, iiexecutive, iiand
iijudicial iibranches iiof iigovernment
Checks iiand iibalances ii- iiAnswers ii-give iieach iibranch iisome iiscrutiny iiand iicontrol iiover
iithe iiother iibranches
The iisetting: iiwho iiwas iiat iiwar? ii- iiAnswers ii-Britain iiat iiwar iiwith iiFrance iifor iicontrol iiof
iiNorth iiAmerica, iibut iiBritish iiwere iibroke
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