the basics of government
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The Basics of Government. Government - Libertyville HS. Four Characteristics of a State. Population Territory Sovereignty Government. What is a Government?. Definition: “institution through which a society makes and enforces public policies” - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Basics of GovernmentGovernment - Libertyville HS
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Four Characteristics of a State
• Population
• Territory
• Sovereignty
• Government
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What is a Government?
• Definition: “institution through which a society makes and enforces public policies”
• Public policy = all things a government decides to do
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Composition of Government• ALL governments have these parts
• Legislature• Makes the laws
• Executive• Enforces the laws
• Judiciary• Interprets the laws
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Purposes of Government
• Brainstorm with a partner a list of the purposes off government
• Some of Mr. Duffy’s purposes of gov’t• Maintain a national defense• Interact with other national governments• Preserve order
• Set rules of society• Punish rule breakers• Provide means of dispute resolution (judiciary)
• Provide appropriate public services• Collect taxes• Socialize youth
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Forms of Government
• One or few hold power = dictatorship• Types of dictatorships
• Absolute Monarchy• Oligarchy
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Forms of Government• Many participants
= democracy
• Types of democracy• Direct Democracy
(“Pure”)• Indirect
Democracy (“Representative”)
Flow of Power
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Forms of Government
• Idea of “levels of government” (between central / national gov’t and state / local gov’t)• Unitary system• Confederate
system• Federal system
Key question: What isThe “direction of power”;in other words, who tells the other political units what to do???
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Presidential vs. Parliamentary Governments
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What is American Democracy?
• Review - what is a democracy?• Government by the people
• People vote on issues, either directly / indirectly• Usually, majority rules
• What is American democracy?• Majority rule & protection of minority rights• Equality of opportunity (vs. equality of outcome)• Freedom of speech (= obligation to listen?) and
other individual rights• Limited or unlimited individual rights?• Capitalist economic system (vs. Socialism)
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American Democracy: Capitalism• Free enterprise
• Based on Law of Supply and Demand
• Individuals, not government, makes day to day economic decisions
• Profit motive drives system• Mixed (blended) economy
• Government regulation of most important sectors of economy• Goal = protect individuals
from market forces• How? Government laws,
regulations, and litigation
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Mixed Economy
HOW MUCH REGULATION OF THE ECONOMY IS APPROPRIATE IS ONE OF THE
KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES!!!