Keeping the Republic Chapter 1

Political engagement that occurs by organizing individuals online around a particular issue

Analysis is understanding how something works by breaking it down into its component parts

Critical thinking is the _____ and _____ of ideas and arguments based on reason and evidence

Citizens are members of a political community having both ____ and _______

Values are central ideas, principles, or standard that most people agree are unimportant

Libertarians favor...

The pattern of ideas, beliefs, and values about citizens and government held by a population

Government that vests power in the people

Holds that citizens should actively and directly control all aspects of their lives

Those who favor expanded government role in the economy but a limited role in the social order

Persuasive story about the nature of power, who should have it, and how it should be used

Substantive guarantees have no government assurance of particular outcomes or results

Institutions are organizations in which governmental power is exercised

Endorse limited government control of the economy but considerable government intervention

A view of citizenship focused on action to realize an individual citizen’s interests

Power is...

Citizens or subjects of one country who move to another country to live or work

Property is communally owned and all decisions are made democratically

Market in which the government intervenes to protect rights and make procedural guarantees

Systems in which the state holds all power over the social order

A view of citizenship focused on action to realize the common good

Favor greater control of the economy and the social order to bring about greater equality

Liberal is an ideology generally favoring limited government and cautious about change

Anarchy is...

Government allows citizens a considerable amount of personal freedom and maintain a free-market

Directives that specify how resources will be distributed or what procedures govern activity

A system or organization for exercising authority over a body of people

Accepted as “right” or proper

Theory of democracy that limits the citizens’ role to choosing among competing leaders

Belief that what is good for society is based on what is good for individuals

An ideology generally favoring government action and viewing change as progress

Normative describes _____ or _____ about how things should be or what people ought to do

State determines production, distribution, and price decisions and property is government owned

Social democracy is a ____ combining a capitalist economy and government that supports equality

Sets of beliefs about politics and society that help people make sense of their world

Authority is...

Information bubble is a closed cycle where information we get reinforces the info. we have

In a totalitarian system, absolute power is exercised over _____ aspect(s) of life

Market determines production, distribution, price decisions, and property is privately owned

Those who favor a strictly procedural government role in the economy and the social order

In a social contract, people agree to give up some ___ in exchange for the protection of others

Economics is the production and distribution of a society’s material resources and services

Assessing how well something works or performs according to a particular standard or yardstick

Refugees are individuals who flee an acre or country because of persecution on the basis of...

Individuals who are obliged to submit to government authority against which they have no rights

Communitarians favor a...

The way we organize and live our collective lives

The legal process of acquiring citizenship for someone who has not acquired it by birth

State allows people economic freedom but maintains stringent social regulations

Procedural guarantees have...

A government in which decisions are made through representatives of the people

Who gets what, when, and how

The concept that the citizens are the ultimate source of political power