Chapter 1 Principles of Gov

The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies

• Legislative Power

• Constitution

• Government

• Dictatorship

The power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning, and to settle disputes that arise within society.

• Judicial Power

• Legislative Power

• Dictatorship

• Politics

The process by which a society decides how power and resources will be distributed within a society.

• Government

• Politics

• Legislative Power

• Public Policy

Public Policy

• All of the things a government decides to do

• The responsibility for the exercise of government powers rests with a majority of the people

• The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies

• The process by which a society decides how power and resources will distributed within a society

Constitution

• The power to make and to frame public policies

• All of the things a government decides to do

• The process by which a society decides how power and resources will be distributed within a society

• The body of fundamental laws setting out the principles, structures, and processes of a government

Legislative Power

• The power to make law and to frame public policies

• The power to execute, enforce, and administer law

• The responsibility for the exercise of government power rests with a majority of the people

• The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies

The ultimate responsibility for the exercise of government powers is held by a single person or small group

• Democracy

• Judicial Power

• Executive Power

• Dictatorship

A body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically, and with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority

• Dictatorship

• Politics

• State

• Government

The power to execute, enforce, and administer law

• Judicial Power

• Executive Power

• Democracty

• Public Policy

Democracy

• The responsibility for the exercise of government powers rests with a majority of the people

• The process by which a society decides how power and resources will be distributed within a society

• All of the things a government decides to do

• A body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically, and with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority