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Details Title: AP US Government Description: Chapter 1 Total Flash Cards: 13 Created: 09/12/2007 05:48:45	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Power Definition The ability of one person to get another person to act in accordance with the first person's intentions. Term Authority Definition The right to use power. Term Legitimacy Definition Political authority conferred by law or by state or national constitution. Term Democracy Definition The rule of many - Aristotle Term Direct or Participatory Democracy Definition A government in which all or most citizens participate directly. Term Representative Democracy Definition A government in which leaders make decisions by winning a competetive struggle for the popular vote. - Joseph Schumpeter Term Elite Definition Persons who possess a disproportionate share of some valued resource, like money or power. Term Marxist View Definition View that the government is dominated by capitalists. Term Power Elite View Definition View that the government is dominated by a few top leaders, most of whom are outside of government. Term Bureaucratic View Definition View that the government is dominated by appointed officials. Term Pluralist View Definition The belief that competition among all affected interests shapes public policy. Term Majoritarian Politics Definition Leaders who are so sharply constrained by what most people want that the actions of these officeholders will follow the preferences of citizens very closely. Term Who said, "The democratic method is that institutional arrangement for arriving at political decisions in which individuals [leaders] acquire the power to decideby means of a competitive struggle for the people's vote" Definition Joseph Schumpeter