Practicality versus Popular Opinion Sometimes governments make ________________decisions because they believe they are necessary for the _________ good. E.g. Replacing the one dollar bill with a coin (saving of $250 million in the next 20 years) Consensus Decision Making A group of individuals share ideas, solutions, and concerns to find a ______________ to a problem that all members of the group can accept. Gov’t of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories are __________________ governments. In Nunavut, there are no political parties, which ____________ MP’s to vote on how they think is best. Authoritarianism How, and to what extent, are government actions that ignore the will of the people justified? “We embody the will of the people because we have the best interests of the people at heart” Authoritarianism... Describes a form of government that vests authority in an ____________ group that may or may not rule in the interest of the people. Authoritarian political systems take many forms, including oligarchies (Putin’s Russian Federation), Military dictatorships (Myanmar, formerly Burma) and one-party states (Cuba) and Monarchies (Saudi Arabia). Oligarchies... A form of government in which political power rests with a small elite segment of society. Often controlled by politically powerful _______________ who pass on their influence to their children. (Russia) ‘Iron Law of Oligarchy’
Practicality versus Popular Opinion Sometimes governments make ________________decisions because they believe they are necessary for the _________ good. E.g. Replacing the one dollar bill with a coin (saving of $250 million in the next 20 years) Consensus Decision Making A group of individuals share ideas, solutions, and concerns to find a ______________ to a problem that all members of the group can accept. Gov’t of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories are __________________ governments. In Nunavut, there are no political parties, which ____________ MP’s to vote on how they think is best. Authoritarianism How, and to what extent, are government actions that ignore the will of the people justified? “We embody the will of the people because we have the best interests of the people at heart” Authoritarianism... Describes a form of government that vests authority in an ____________ group that may or may not rule in the interest of the people. Authoritarian political systems take many forms, including oligarchies (Putin’s Russian Federation), Military dictatorships (Myanmar, formerly Burma) and one-party states (Cuba) and Monarchies (Saudi Arabia). Oligarchies... A form of government in which political power rests with a small elite segment of society. Often controlled by politically powerful _______________ who pass on their influence to their children. (Russia) ‘Iron Law of Oligarchy’
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