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| power that is perceived as legitimate by both the holder of power and those subject to it |
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| a type of power in which people obey because of the personal characteristics of the leader |
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| the organization and administration of the actions of the inhabitants of communities, societies, and states |
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| a type of power in which people obey leaders because they are voicing a set of rationally-derived laws |
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| the art and science of government |
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| the ability to make people do what you want them to do |
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| a type of power that draws its legitimacy from tradition |
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| authoritarian political system |
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| system in which power is vested in a single person or small group |
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| an efficient hierarchical formal organization with clear rules and regulations and division of labor |
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| system that puts legislative decision making into the hands of the people rather than a single individual or a noble class |
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| rule by one person who has no hereditary claim to rule up |
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| rule by a single individual; one of the first political systems |
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| also known as pure democracy; a system in which every person gets one vote and the majority rules |
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| political action committee (PAC) |
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| a controversial type of interest group that works to elect or defeat candidates based on their stance on specific issues |
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| proportional representation |
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| system in which each party receives a proportion of the legislative seats |
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| system in which citizens elect represntitives to make decisions for them |
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| system when political authority is extended over all other aspects of social life |
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| voting for all adults, both men and women |
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| groups formed by individuals, organizations, and industries, to promote their interest among state and national legislators and often to influence public opinion |
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| a group that bands together to petition for political changes or to support candidates to elected office |
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| a revolutionary event that replaces one political leader with another but often doesn't bring about any change in the daily life of the citizens |
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| Marx's theory that people get more and more miserable until they lash out in a revolution |
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| revolutionary event that changes the political groups that run the society byt still draws its strength from the same social groups that supported the old regime |
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| term to describe how misery is socially experienced by constantly comparing yourself to others |
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| the attempt to overthrow the existing political order and replace it with a completely new one |
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| collective attempts to further a common interest or secure a common goal through action outside the sphere of established institutions |
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| a revolutionary event that changes the social groups or classes that political power rests on |
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| using acts of violence and destruction against military or civilian targets (or threatening to use them) as a political strategy |
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| an online personal journal or diary where an author can air his or her opinions directly to audiences |
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| ways to communicate with vast numbers of people at the same time, usually over a great distance |
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| the ways we communicate with each other |
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| the mass production of cultural products that are offered for consumption |
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| the increased control of an increasing variety of media by a smaller and smaller number of companies |
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| someone who finds significant personal meaning through allegiance to a larger social group; in the media, fandom refers to a heightened awareness of and allegiance toward a specific text |
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| groups that guide interpretation and convey the preferred meanings of mass media texts |
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| cultural control of one country by another |
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| term coined by Marshall McLhan to refer to an environment in which people everywhere could make their voices heard to one another, thus bringing the world closer together |
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