politics
competitions between competing interest groups or individuals for power and leadership.
Government
The action or manner of controlling or regulating a nation organization or people. An institution through which leaders exercise power to make and enforce law affecting the people under it's control
Purpose of the Government
providing leadership
maintaining order
providing public service
providing national security
providing economic security and assistance
Constitution
A plan that provides the rulers for the government
Principal of the constitutions
Limited power
popular sovereignty and republicanism
federalism
separations of powers
check and balance
Individual rigths
Socializations
the process beginning during childhood by which individuals acquire the values, habits, and attitudes of a society.
Political socialization
a process by which individuals learn their political beliefs and attitudes from family school friends, coworkers and other sources
Generazation
an argument that suggests a whole group has a characteristic based on the observation of a subset of that group
Separation of powers
a doctrine of constitutional law under which the three branches of government (executive, legislative, and judicial) are kept separate.l
political socialization
Political socialization is the process by which individuals internalize and develop their political values, ideas, attitudes, and perceptions via the agents of socialization. examples: family, school, peers, civic and religion
Limited government
From the principle of government is fundamental to other principles. they also limit the power by explicit grants of authority
Popular sovereignty and republicanism
Republic: a government in which voters hold sovereign power elected representatives, responsible to the people, exercise that power ---- people rule the country.
Federalism
Americans live under both national and state government.
Todyas national government is eating up the states to control them and have more power to take decisions for the state.
separation of powers
The legislative branch makes laws
Executive branch carries out laws/implements- president has to sign it- veto
The judicial branch make sure laws are being followed
Check and balance
legislative approve judges and overrides veto
executive veto and appoints judges
Judicial make the war decisions
Individual rigths
The bill of rights
This is where the Constitution protects the rights of individuals, as seen in the Bill of Rights.
providing leadership
to establish how things go
National government/state/local
making decisions on behalf of the citizens and someone's they don't -- representative do it.
Maintaining order
The government try to control and contain conflict between people by placing limits on what individuals are permitted to do.
Providing public service
government creates schools, builds sewer system, pave roads, and provide other services that individualism cannot or wouldn't do on their own.
Provide national security
To provide people protection against attack by another country or by terrorist
provide economic security and assistance
protects the economic security of their people, just like they protect national security
cost a lot of money
Everyone's needs are different