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| The ability of one person to get another person to act in accordance with the first person's intentions. |
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| Political authority conferred by law or by state or national constitution. |
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| The rule of many - Aristotle |
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| Direct or Participatory Democracy |
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| A government in which all or most citizens participate directly. |
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| A government in which leaders make decisions by winning a competetive struggle for the popular vote. - Joseph Schumpeter |
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| Persons who possess a disproportionate share of some valued resource, like money or power. |
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| View that the government is dominated by capitalists. |
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| View that the government is dominated by a few top leaders, most of whom are outside of government. |
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| View that the government is dominated by appointed officials. |
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| The belief that competition among all affected interests shapes public policy. |
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| 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. |
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| 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" |
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