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| A philosopher who defined democracy as the "rule of the many." |
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| The right to exercise political power. |
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| A theory that appointed civil servents make the key governing decisions. |
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| A term used to describe three different political systems in which the people are said to rule, directly or indirectly. |
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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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| An indentifiable group of people with a disproportionate share of political power. |
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| A theory that the government is merely a reflection of underlying economic forces. |
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| A theory that no one interest group consitently holds political 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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| A theory that a few top leaders make the key decisions without reference to popular desires. |
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| An economist who defined democracy as the competitive struggle by political leaders for the people's vote. |
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| A sociologist who emphasized the phenomenon of bureaucracy in explaining political developments. |
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| Power when used to determine who will hold government office and how government will behave. |
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| Conferring political power on those selected by the voters in competitive elections. |
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| The widely shared perception that something or someone should be obeyed. |
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| Structures of authority organized around expertise and specialization. |
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| A political system in which those affected by a governmental program must be permitted to participate in the programs formulation. |
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| A relatively small political unit within which classical democracy was practicied. |
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| A political system in which local citizens are empowered to govern themselves directly. |
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| A theory that a few top leaders make the key decisions without reference to popular desires. |
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| A political system in which the choices of the political leaders are closely constrained by the preferences of the people. |
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| A socialist who presented the idea of a mostly nongovernmental power elite. |
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