Foundations of Government Chapter 1 Section 1 The Purpose of Gov

Is made up of formal institutions and processes through which decisions are made for a group of people

• power

• government

• state

• sovereignty

Most government are made up of the following main components:

• people, power, government

• power, policy, government

• people, power, policies

• government, state, politics

Refers to government authority and ability to get things done by making laws, carrying them out, enforcing and interpreting laws

• policy

• power

• politics

• legitimacy

Is a decision made by government in pursuit of a particular goal

• power

• policy

• soverignty

• state

What are the characteristics of a state

• people, power, and policy

• population, territory, government, policy

• Sovereignty, population, territory, government

• national security, maintain order, resolve conflict, provide services

What are the functions of the government

• people, power, policy

• National security, Maintain order, resolve conflict, taxes

• Provide for the public goods, provide services, resolve conflict, maintain order, national security

• power, policy, people, national security, maintain security, public goods

Is the process by which government makes and carries out decisions

• politics

• power

• soverignty

• state

• legitimacy

Rulers are seen as right and proper by important segments of a nations population

• legitimacy

• divine right of kings

• social contract

• power

• politics

A political unit

• government

• state

• social contract

• sovereignty

The belief that a ruler is chosen by God or the gods

• Divine right of kings

• social contract theory

• democracy

• sovereignty