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12 Cards in this Set
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Authority
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Legal right to use power
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Bureaucratic theory
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Theory - most political power belongs to bureaucrats - those who operate government agencies.
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Democracy
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Political system where people rule directly or indirectly
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Initiative
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Procedure alloweing voters to submit proposed law to popular vote by obtaining signatures.
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Legitimacy
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Political authority given by law/public opinion/constitution
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Marxist theory
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theory - society is divided into two economic classes which allows upper class to politically dominate the lower class.
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Nongovernmental elitist theory
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theory - An elite outside the government makes most major decisions. Elite includes big corporations, unions, military.
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Pluralist theory
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theory - political resources ($, prestige, etc) are widely distributed in society, no single elite has monopoly.
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Political elite
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group of persons who have a disproportionate share of resources - $/political power
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Power
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Ability of one person to get another person to act according to first person's intentions.
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Referendum
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Practice of submitting a law to a popular vote at election time. Law could be proposed by voter initiative or legislature.
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Representative democracy
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Leaders and representatives acquire power by competitive struggle for people's vote.
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