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GOVERNMENT
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The institutions and procedures through which a land and its people are ruled.
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AUTOCRACY
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A form of government in which a single individual rules.
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OLIGARCHY
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A form of government in which a small group of landowners, military officers, or wealthy merchants controls most of the government decisions.
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DEMOCRACY
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A system of rule that permits citizens to play a significant part in the governmental process, usually through the selection of key public officials.
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CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT
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A system of rule in which formal and effective limits are placed on the powers of the government.
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AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENT
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A system of rule in which the government recognizes no formal limits but may nevertheless be restrained by the power of other social institutions.
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TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENT
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A system of rule in which the government recognizes no formal limits on its power and seeks to absorb or eliminate other social institutions that might challenge it.
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CONSCRIPTION
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Compulsory military service, usually for a prescribed period or for the duration of a war; the draft.
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FREE RIDING
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Enjoying the benefits of some good or action while letting others bear the costs.
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PUBLIC GOOD
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A good that 1) may be enjoyed by anyone if it is provided and 2) may not be denied to anyone once it has been provided.
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POLITICS
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The conflicts and struggles over the leadership, structure, and policies of government.
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INSTRUMENTAL
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Done with purpose, sometimes with forethought, and even with calculation.
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COLLECTIVE ACTION
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The pooling of resources and the coordination of effort and activity by a group of people (often a large one) to achieve common goals.
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BY-PRODUCT THEORY
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The idea that groups provide members with private benefits to attract membership. The possibility of group collective action emerges as a consequence.
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SELECTIVE BENEFITS
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Benefits that do not go to everyone but, rather, are distributed selectively - only to those who contribute to the group enterprise.
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