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Gov. Study
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9th Grade
09/02/2010

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aristotle
Definition
greek philosipher. first created type of government.
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bureacratic theory
Definition
A form of orgin which office holders have defined positions
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citizen participation
Definition
citizens vote or participate in voting
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city-state
Definition
a sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependences.
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democracy
Definition
term used to describe a political system in which the people are said to rule, directly or indirectly
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direct democracy
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a political system in which all or most citizens participate directly by either holding office or making policy. the town meeting, in which citizens vote on major issues, is an example of paticipatory democracy.
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elite
Definition
inidentifiable group of persons who possess disproportionate share of some valued resource.
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legitimacy
Definition
political authority conferred by law, public opinions, cons.
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major politics
Definition
the politics of policy making in which almost everybody benefits from a policy and almost everybody pays for it.
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marxist
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people who believe that those who control the economic system also control the political one.
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pluralist theory
Definition
no single elite has monopoly on power, hence, must bargain
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political theory
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the study of such topics as liberty, justice, property, rights, law, and the enforcement of a legal code by authority
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power
Definition
the possession of control or command over others
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shumpeter
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developed capitalism
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weber
Definition
theory of rising capitalism
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