@prefix n9j: <http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J> .
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix isothes: <http://purl.org/iso25964/skos-thes#> .

n9j:-J0CQDVJL-9
  skos:prefLabel "institutions and checks and balances"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:narrower n9j:-BMSHPPM6-Q .

n9j:-BMSHPPM6-Q
  owl:sameAs <https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/checks_and_balances> ;
  skos:definition "James Madison famously wrote in Federalist No. 10 that there are two ways to ward against the “dangerous vice” of political faction: “the one, by removing its causes; the other, by controlling its effects.” The first of these options would require either destroying the liberty that allows factions to grow, an outcome Madison said is worse than the factions themselves, or requiring all citizens to have the same opinions and interests, a virtual impossibility. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Checks and Balances]"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:inScheme n9j: ;
  skos:broader n9j:-J0CQDVJL-9, n9j:-LVGGNNVF-G, n9j:-SFLTVHMZ-9 ;
  skos:prefLabel "checks and balances"@en .

n9j: a skos:ConceptScheme .
n9j:-LVGGNNVF-G
  skos:prefLabel "powers of Congress"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:narrower n9j:-BMSHPPM6-Q .

n9j:-concepts
  a isothes:ConceptGroup ;
  skos:prefLabel "concepts"@en ;
  skos:member n9j:-BMSHPPM6-Q .

n9j:-SFLTVHMZ-9
  skos:prefLabel "principles of government"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:narrower n9j:-BMSHPPM6-Q .