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11 Cards in this Set
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Power |
ability of one person to get another person to act in accordance with first person's intentions |
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Authority |
right to use power |
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Legitimacy |
political authority conferred by law or by state or national constitution |
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Direct Democracy |
government in which all or most citizens participate directly |
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Representative Democracy |
government in which leaders make decisions by winning competitive struggle for popular vote |
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Elite |
persons who possess disproportionate share of some valued resource, like money or power; act without knowing and perhaps without caring exactly what people want |
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Marxist View |
government is dominated by capitalists; believe two economic classes contend for power (capitalists and workers) |
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Power Elite View |
government is dominated by few top leaders, most of whom are outside government |
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Bureaucratic View |
government is dominated by appointed officials |
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Pluralistic View |
belief that competition among all affected interests shapes public policy |
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Self-interest |
self-serving; driven mainly or solely by people's baser motives or selfish desires for personal gain |
