Autocratic‚ Democratic‚ and Optimal Government: A Sketch W. A. Niskanen In his paper Niskanen provides valuable analysis of the effects of the voting rule‚ the progressivity of the tax structure‚ and the length of the fiscal horizon in democratic governments and interesting insights of the effect of alternative regimes on policies‚ such as war and immigration‚ that affect the number of people subject to the regime. His article follows Mancur Olson’s work called “Autocracy‚ Democracy‚ and Prosperity”
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What is a system of government in which members of the polity meet to discuss all policy decisions and then agree to abide by majority rule? Select one: a. tyranny b. oligarchy c. direct democracy d. monarchy e. democracy ans c In general‚ which of the following is true about the U.S. population? Select one: a. It is getting older. b. It is less affected by immigration than in earlier years. c. It is mostly under the age of thirty. d. It is required to own property. e. It is becoming
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Chapter 10‚ 11‚ and 12 Study Guide Vocab 1. Adjourn- suspend 2. Apportion- distribute‚ as in seats 3. At-large Election- election of an office holder by the voters of an entire governmental unit 4. Bicameral- two chamber 5. Census- process of counting the population of the United States. 6. Constituent- followers of an elected official. 7. Delegate- office holder 8. Gerrymandering- drawing of an electoral district lines to the advantage of a party or group 9.
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Elements of Government The third basic element is legitimacy‚ “the acceptance by the people of the government’s authority to exercise power” (282). Without this such acceptance‚ no government or political party can subsist. Socialization plays its part in the legitimacy of a government. Socialization is defined as a “learning process in which the people come to accept the standards of their society” (282)‚ meaning to convert or adapt to the needs of society. There are many ways to endorse socialization
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Chapter 1 Aristocracy: A form of government that is ruled by a few amount of people. The term “aristocracy” was coined by Aristotle. Checks and balances: Gives each branch some power over the other two (ex: President can veto legislation passed by Congress; Congress can impeach the President‚ etc.) Collective action problems: Collective action says that in order to achieve things‚ individuals must work together. You can do more together than you can do on your own. Situations in which the members
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care.However‚at the same time people also the fee of seeing a doctor or going to a hospital is too expensive to afford.They look forward to the government could be a leader to insure their health as well as provide health care to every citenzen.I really agree this idea for several reasons. First of all‚without citenzen and all the common people‚the government is nonmeaningful‚they pay tax for constructing country and contribute a lot.If an old people who had worked so hard for the public although
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Tyrannical Governments Over the course of history it has been the fate of many nations to fall under the rule of tyrannical governments. Tyrannical governments are one of the biggest threats to human rights. There are a few forms of governments which can be considered “tyrannical”‚ one of which would be communism. One country that is a prime example of a nation denying their people of their basic human rights due to their oppressive government if Cuba‚ whose leader is Fidel Castro. One major form of
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Organizing and Outlining your Compare/Contrast Essay Review the following Sample Outline and then write a similar outline for your paper Thesis: The metaphor “time is money” is often considered a statement of fact; however it is actually a metaphor so embedded in our business culture and business language that we fail to see the problems associated with the comparison‚ especially in the areas of human relations/friendships‚ enjoyment of vacation time‚ and development of artistic persuits
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First‚ at the age of five years old the government will inject the boys and girls with a serum that will stun their hormones. This is a one time injection‚ to reverse this process‚ you must be of age and only the government can give you the reversal injection. After they finish the process of injecting the hormone reducer into our youth the second step is creating mandated birth control
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U.S. GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE: THE CONSTITUTION : MAIN PRINCIPLES Self-government is the most important principle in the Constitution of the United States. The Founding Fathers saw that they needed to have a system which would make sure that everyone had a voice in the local‚ state and national governments. They wanted to have a system that could be changed when necessary. They wrote this system into the Constitution of the United States in 1787. It has lasted more than 200 years‚ through many changes
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