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| The appointed officials who operate government agencies from day to day |
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| A term used to describe a political system in which the people are said to rule, directly or indorectly |
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| Direct/ Participatory Democracy |
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| A political system in which all or most citizens participate directly by either holding office or making policy. Example: a town meeting |
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| An identifiable group of persons who possess a disproportionate share of some valued resource such as money or political power |
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| Political authority conferred by law, public opinion, or constistution |
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| People who believe that those who control the economic system also control the political one |
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| A theory that competition among all affected interests shapes public policy |
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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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