Poli Sci Chapters 1, 3, & 13

The process of deciding who gets benefits in society and who is excluded

Citizen's belief that they have the ability to achieve something desirable and that the government listens to people like them

Members of the polity who, through birth or naturalization, enjoy the rights, privileges, and responsibilities attached to membership in a given nation

The process by which one becomes a citizen by means of other than birth, as in the case of immigrants

The quality conferred on government by citizens who believe that its exercise of power is right and proper is known as

State governments and the federal government do NOT both

To protect their sovereign territory and their citizenry and to provide national defense; to preserve order and stability; to establish and maintain a legal system; to provide services; public goods; to raise and spend money and socialization of new generations are all

Services governments provide that are available to everyone, such as clean air, clean water, airport security and highways are referred to as

A government in which a member of a royal family, usually a king or queen, has absolute authority over a territoy and its government is a

A government in which an elite few hold power is known as an

A government in which supreme power of governance lies in the hands of its citizens is a

Governments that essentially control every aspect of their citizen's lives

When a government holds strong powers, but they are checked by other forces within society

Form of government structure by law A government taht is restricted in waht it can do so the rights of the people are protected

The most essential quality of American democracy; it is both the freedom from governmetnal interference in citizens' lives and the freedom to pursue happiness