Ch. 1 Principles of Government

Government:

• System to execute and enforce law

• Institution where society makes and enforces policy

• Basic structure and principles of society

• Institution created to take and enforce power

That which government decides to do:

• Public Policy

• Government

• Constitution

• Democracy

Constitution:

• System to execute and enforce law

• Institution where society makes and enforces government

• Basic structure and principles of government

• Institution created to take and enforce power

A form of government that can be led by many or by one individual:

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

Parliamentary Gov't:

• Executive branch is chosen by the legislative

• Executive branch is chosen by the judicial

• Legislative branch is led by the executive

• The legislative and judicial branches are coequal

A government run by a small self-appointed elite:

• Oligarchy

• Autocracy

• Confederacy

• Federal Government

Supply and demand:

• When goods are plentiful, prices rise

• When goods are scace, prices lower

• When goods are scarce, prices rise

• Goods and supplies are always even

Body of rules and standards issued by a government:

• Law

• Sovereignty

• Constitution

• Public Policy

Economic system where gov't protects the public and preserves private enterprise:

• Free Market

• Mixed Economy

• Command Economy

• Third World Economy

Which is NOT a basic concept of Democracy?

• Worth of the individual

• Equality of condition

• Majority Rule, Minority Right

• Necessity of compromise