What is a Participatory Democracy?

Broad involvement of people -> Voting, protesting Represents the people well

Many different parties debating against each other No group domination and influences the political process

Members of the elite holds power -> independent of democratic elections

What is a Pluralism Democracy?

Many different parties debating against each other No group domination and influences the political process

Members of the elite holds power -> independent of democratic elections

Broad involvement of people -> Voting, protesting Represents the people well

What is a Elitism Democracy?

Members of the elite holds power -> independent of democratic elections

Many different parties debating against each other No group domination and influences the political process

Broad involvement of people -> Voting, protesting Represents the people well

What are the five parts of the Declaration of Independence?

1. The Preamble 2. Defined Citizen Rights 3. A list of grievances of the King 4. A statement separating the colonies from Great Britain 5. The statement of the signers

All five parts are the same restating the same thing

1. Section 1 2. Section 2 3. Section 3 4. Section 4 5. Section 5

1. The preamble 2. The beliefs of the King 3. Oppressive words towards the King

What are inalienable rights?

rights that the government cannot touch or take away

rights that are given to you by a priest

What are natural rights?

rights that are given to you by a priest

rights that the government cannot touch or take away

What are minority rights?

cannot be oppressed by majority rule

rights that are given to you by a priest

rights that the government cannot touch or take away

What is majority rule?

making decisions by a vote by more than 1/2 of the people who participate in an election

trading rights for government protection

a rule that applies to you when you are born

cannot be oppressed by majority rule

What is the social contract?

trading rights for government protection

a rule that applies to you when you are born

making decisions by a vote by more than 1/2 of the people who participate in an election

cannot be oppressed by majority rule

What is totalitarian?

honorable mentions to the people who have total and complete power

suppresses the voices of their citizens to maintain grip on power

What is authoritarian?

suppresses the voices of their citizens to maintain grip on power

honorable mentions to the people who have total and complete power

What is a constitutional republic?

a democratic system with elected representatives in which the constitution is the supreme law

government based on the people - power is not legitamit

What are the three types of government

Checks and Balances Separation of Powers Popular Sovereignty

What is a unitary government?

power rests in the central government

association of individual rights

everybody's principles of rights and wrongs

power rests in both individual states and in central government

What is a federal government?

power rests in both individual states and in central government

association of individual rights

everybody's principles of rights and wrongs

power rests in the central government

What is a confederal government?

association of individual rights and weak or loose organization of states agrees to follow a powerful central government

everybody's principles of rights and wrongs

power rests in the central government

power rests in both individual states and in central government