Ap Gov Unit 1 Vocab

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Art or science of guiding governmental policy

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Politics

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Society has multiple power centers with many decision-makers.

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Pluralist Theory of Government

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A single elite decides life-and-death issues for the nation.

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Elite Theory of Government

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Max Weber's concept of a hierarchical structure and standardized procedures in government gives bureaucrats real power over public policy.

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Bureaucratic Theory of Government

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Too many interest groups weaken the government.

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Hyperpluralist Theory of Government

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Characterized by a "war of every man against every man," a violent competition where individuals have a natural right to everything. Existence is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." Laws are based on self-preservation.

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Thomas Hobbes' state of nature

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Natural rights to "life, liberty, and property."

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John Locke's natural rights of man

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Agreement to enter civil society binds individuals for mutual preservation, sacrificing physical freedom for rational and moral action. Who believes this leads to becoming fully human?

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JJ Rousseau's social contract

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Dividing governmental power among branches to limit functions in "The Spirit of the Laws".

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Baron Montesquieu's separation of powers

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Protests by American farmers in 1786-87 against tax collections and debt judgments, which closed courts.

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Shays Rebellion