文档介绍:I. Please define the following terms
Legitimacy is the mass feeling that the government’s rule is rightful and should therefore be obeyed.
sovereignty is the “supreme political (and by implication, legal) authority within a given territory”
Representative democracy is a democracy in which the people do not rule directly but through elected and accountable representatives.
Behavioralism is a school in political science focusing on the empirical study of actual human behavior rather than abstract is the supreme political (and by implication, legal) authority within a given territory.
Nation is a group of people bound together by mon language, religion, history and traditions. (A nation is a population with a certain sense of itself, a cohesiveness, monality of attitudes and ideals, and often mon language.)
A state is a government structure ,usually sovereign and powerful enough to enforce its writ(法令命令)
Power is the ability of A (one actor) to induce B (another actor) to behave in a manner in which B would not otherwise behave.
Direct democracy :This implies that people govern themselves, and that they participate in making the crucial decisions that structure their lives and determine the fate of their society. Popular participation entails direct and continuous involvement in decision-making, through devices such as referendums公民投票, mass meeting, or even interactive television.
.Proportional representation is an electoral system that elects several persons per district according to their fraction of the vote.
Social contract theory is the theory believing that individuals join and stay in civil society as if they had signed a contract.
Totalitarianism is the political system in which state attempts total control over citizens, even over their thoughts. (Totalitarianism: Government in which one person or political party exercises absolute control over all spheres领域 of human life and opposing political parties are prohibited)
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