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Direct Democracy
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* recall
* take away governor * initative * signatures put on a ballo * referendu, * reverse a law * (progressive era 1900-1912) * Aristotelian rule of the many direct or partcipatory democracy * fourthcentry bc greek city state or polis * new england town meeting * however this was abandoned because of size of towns increased and issues became more complex * direct democracy can be impractical * people are affected by passions and demagogues * Direct democracy can be reclaimed through community countrl and citizen participation |
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Democracy
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A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
* educated populace * frequent elections * of the people * 100% voter turnout * fair elections * laws or constitution or bill of rights * choices * responsiveness |
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Pluralist Theory
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1. a society has many different interest groups each trying to get their say with government leaders
2. some would argue that pluralistic theory is helpful and again in theory no one interest is too powerful because there are so many 3. every government decision has to be watered down for every group 4. politicians pandering to every group hyperpluralism when a group is too powerful and has too much influence 5. Interest groups are politically active 6. AARP, NRA, CTA, AFL, CIO, |
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Representive Democracy
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Indirect Democracy
* Representiative democracy * aquistion of power by leaders via competitive elctions * this has also stirred up the elitest theory * the constitution states of a republican democracy * what the founding fathers had envisioned * requires genuine coompetition for leadership * voters must percieve meaningful choices * this causes a slow moving government * helps to stop radical political change |
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Elite Theory
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elite theory
Started by Mills 1. a small group of elected officials, big businesses, media, union presidents, rule the country it is the 1%, OWS 2. Essentially Marxist theory 1. but Marx would focus more on distribution of wealth and redistributing wealth |
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Bureacratic Theory
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bureaucratic theory adds on to the elitest theory
1. appointed government officials look out for their own interests 2. created by max weber bureacracies based on expertise, specialized competence a series of ideas and general principles which seek to explain some aspect of the world that has the attribute administrative (relating to the management of an organisation) |
