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34 Cards in this Set
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Power |
The ability of one person to cause another person to act in accordance with the first persons intentions |
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Political power |
Power when used to determine who will hold goverment office and how goverment will behave |
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Athortity |
The right to exercise political power |
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Legitimacy |
The widely-shared perception that something or someone should be obeyed |
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Representive Goverment |
Conferring political power on those selected by the voters in competitive elections |
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Polis |
Term for the Greek city-state |
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Elite (political) |
An identifiable group of people with a disproportionate share of political power |
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City-state |
A relatively small political unit within classic democracy was practiced |
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Majoritarian politics |
A political system in which the choice of the political leaders are closely constrained by the preferences of the people |
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Aristotle |
A philosopher who defined democracy as the "rule of the many" |
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Marxist theory |
A theory that goverment is merely a reflection of underlying economic forces |
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Mills |
A sociologist who presented the idea of a mostly nongovernmental power elite |
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Weber |
A sociologist who emphasized the phenomenon of bureaucracy in explaining political development |
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Citizen participation |
A political system in which those affected by a govermental program must be permitted to participate in the programs formulations |
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Community control |
A political system in which local citizens are empowered to govern themselves |
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Hamilton |
Individual who worried the new goverment he helped create would be too Democratic |
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New England town meetings |
A North American approximation of direct or participatory democracy |
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Communal control |
A political system in which local citizens are empowered to govern themselves directly |
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Pluralist theory |
A theory that no one interest group constantly holds political power |
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New England town meeting |
A North American approximation of direct participatory democracy |
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Schumpeter |
An economist who defined "democracy" as the competive struggle by political leaders |
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Pluralist theory |
A theory that no one interest group holds political power |
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Bureaucracy |
Structure of authority organized around specialization and expertise |
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Bureaucracy |
Structure of authority organized around specialization and expertise |
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Bureaucratic theory |
The theory that appointed civil servants make the key governing decisions |
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Schumpeter |
An economist who defined democracy as the competive struggle by political leaders for the people's vote |
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Democracy |
A term to describe three different political systems in which the people are said to rule, directly or indirectly |
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Bureaucratic theory |
A theory that appointed civil servants make the key governing decisions |
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Direct or participatory democracy |
A political system in which all or most citizens participate directly by either holding offices or making policy |
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Democracy |
A term used to describe three different political systems in which the people are said to rule directly or indirectly |
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Elitist theory |
A theory that a few top leaders make they key decisions without reference to popular desires |
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Direct democracy |
A political system in which all or most citizens participate directly by either holding office or making policy |
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Hamilton |
Individual who worried that the new goverment he helped to created would be too Democratic |
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Elitist theory |
A theory that a few too leaders make the key decisions without reference to popular desires |
