PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT

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TYPES OF POWERPUBLIC POLICYGOVERNMENT

WHAT IS GOVERNMENT?

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THE STATE

PURPOSE OF GOVERNMENT• Form a More Perfect Union• Establish Justice• Insure Domestic Tranquility• Provide for the Common

Defense• Promote the General

Welfare• Secure the Blessings of

Liberty

• Who Can Participate

• Geography

• Legislative v. Executive

CLASSIFYING GOVERNMENTS

• Democracy• Supreme power rests with the people• Consent of the governed• Direct vs. Indirect

• Dictatorship• Those who rule are not responsible to the will of the people• Autocracy (dictator, monarch)• Oligarchy

TYPES OF GOVERNMENT

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF POWER

PRESIDENTIAL VS. PARLIAMENTARY

Worth of the Individual

Equality of All Persons

Majority Rule, Minority Rights

Necessity of Compromise

Individual Freedom

Citizenship

BASIC CONCEPTS OF DEMOCRACY

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CAN YOU PASS A CITIZENSHIP TEST?

Chief products of the state include• Agricultural (farm) products• Mining products• Manufactured goods

ECONOMY