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American Gov Chapter 1
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08/31/2005

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Aristole
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A philosopher who defined democracy as the "rule of many"
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authority
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the right to exercise political power
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bureaucracy
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structures of authority organized around expertise and specialization
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bureaucratic theory
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a theory that appointed civil servants make the key governing decisions
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citizen participation
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A political system in which those affected by a governmental program must be permitted to participate in teh program's formulation
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city-state
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A relatively samll political unit within which classical democracy was practiced
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community control
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A political system in which local citizens areempowered to govern themselves directly
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democracy
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A term used to describe three different poltical systems in which the peopole are siad to rule, directly or indirectly
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democratic centralism
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Discovering and then acting on the genuine needs of the people, with a party cadre
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direct or participatory 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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elite (political)
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An identifiable group of people with a disproportionate share of political power
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elitist theory
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A theory that a few top leaders make thekey decisions without reference to popular desires
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legitimacy
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The widely shared perception that something or someone should be obeyed
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majoritarian politics
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a political system in which the choices of the politcal leaders are closely constrained by the preferences of the people
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Marxist theory
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A theory that government is merely a reflection of underlying economic forces
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Mills
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A sociologist who presented the idea of mostly nongovernmental power elite
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pluralist theory
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A theory that no one interest group consistently holds political power
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political power
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Power when used to determine who will hold government office and how government will behave
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power
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the ability of one person to cause another person to act in accordance with the first person's intentions
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representative democracy
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conferring political power on those selected by the voters in competitive elections
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Schumpeter
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An economist who defined democarcy as the competitive struggle by political leaders for the people's vote
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Weber
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A sociologist who emphasized the phenomenon of bureacracy in explaining political developments
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