Intro to Social Work - Do My Homework - AG

Introduction to Society

Chapter Thirteen Weekly Assignments

The Functions of Government

1. List five primary functions of government

2. Identify three contrasting views of government

3. Explain the liberal, conservative, radical, reactionary, and anarchist philosophies of government

4. Distinguish a democracy from an autocracy

5. List some distinguishing characteristics of a democracy

6. Explain the democratic concept of the individual

7. List the common justifications for an autocracy

8. List four characteristics of autocracy

9. Summarize the three views of the nature of government

10. List the seven exaggerated characterizations on how the role of government is viewed

11. Draw a diagram illustrating the continuum of autocracies