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The ability of one person to get another person to act in accordance with the first person's intentions.
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Power
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The right to use power.
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Authority
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Poltical authrity conferred by law, public opinion, or constitution.
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Legitimacy
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A term used to discribe a political system in which the people are said to rule, directly or indirectly.
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Democracy
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A political system in which all or most citizens participate directly by either holding office or making policy.
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Direct or Participatory democracy
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A political system in which leaders and representatives acquire political power by means of competitive struggle for the people's vote.
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Representative democracy
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An identifiable group of persons who possess a disproportionate share of some values resource- such as money or political power.
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Elite
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People who believe that those who control the economic system also control the political one.
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Marxists
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The appointed officials who opperate government angencies from day to day.
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Bureaucrats
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A theory that competition among all affected interests shapes public policy.
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Pluralist
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