Government Alive! Ch 1 Terms

The right to exercise supreme authority over a geographic region, a group of people, or oneself.

• Sovereignty

• Nation-State

• Legitimacy

• Politics

The legal right or power to give orders and enforce rules.

• Sovereignty

• Authority

• Legitimacy

• Politics

Institutions and officials organized to establish and carry out public policy

• Government

• Sovereignty

• Authority

• Nation-State

According to Max Weber, this is the ability to cause others to behave as they might not otherwise choose to do?

• Legitimacy

• Government

• Power

• Sovereignty

The quality of being accepted as an authority, often applied to laws or those in power.

• Power

• Nation-state

• Authority

• Legitimacy

A product or service that is available for all people to consume, whether they pay for it or not. Such as: Roads, schools, etc...

• Public good

• Coercion

• Authority

• Revenue

A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality. In order for it to exist, it must have these FOUR features: 1. Territory, 2. Population, 3. Legitimate Laws/Gov't, and 4. Sovereignty

• Nation-state

• Country

• Politics

• Power

The process and method of making decisions for groups. Although generally applied to governments, politics is also observed in all human interactions.

• Government

• Public goods

• Politics

• Institution

An established organization, especially one providing a public service, and the rules that guide it.

• Government

• Politics

• Authority

• Institution

The quote "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely" is best reflected by which term?

• Abuse of power

• Formal authority

• Rule of law

• Coercion