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America.gov: Government of the People: The Role of the Citizen

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A chapter taken from the U.S. State Department's "Outline of U.S. Government," that focuses on the foundation of American representative democracy. Provides comparison with other democracies, along with the essential role of the U.S. citizen.

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civil rights, civil society, democracy, representative democracy, representative government, american democracy

Additional Tags

constituents, democratic principles, direct popular rule, legislative, legislature, representation, self-government, u.s. department of state, us department of state, government, democracy (rule by many persons)

Classroom Considerations

Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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