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| a system of government in which the power to govern is concentrated in the hands of one individual |
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| a system of government in which power is concentrated in the hands of a few people |
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| a system of government in which, in theory, the people rule, either directly or indirectly |
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| Procedural Democratic Theory |
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| a view of deomcracy as being embodied in a decision-making process that involves universal participation, political equality, majority rule, and responsiveness |
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| the concept that everyone in a democracy should participate in governmental decision-making |
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| the principle--basic to procedural democratic theory--that the decision of a group must reflect the preference of more than half of those participating; a simple majority |
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| a system of government where rank-and-file citizens rule themselves rather than electing representatives to govern on their behalf |
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| a system of government where citizens elect public officals to govern on their behalf |
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| a decision-making principle, necessitated by representative government, that implies that elected representatives should do what the majority of people wants |
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| Substantive Democratic Theory |
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| the view that democracy is embodied in the substance of government policies rather than in the policymaking procedure |
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| the benefits of government that cannot be denied to any citizen by majority decisions |
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| Majoritarian Model of Democracy |
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| the classic theory of democracy in which government by the people is interpreted as government by the majority of the people |
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| that model of democracy in which citizens and their elected representatives exercise reasoned and full debate on question of public policy |
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| an organized group of individualst that seek to influence public policy |
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| Pluralist Model of Democracy |
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| an interpretation of democracy in which government by the people is taken to mean government by people operating through competing interest groups |
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| the view that a small group of people actually makes most of the important government decisions |
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| a process of transition as a country attempts to move from an authoritarian form of government to a democratic one |
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