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power the ability of one person to cause another person to act in accordance with the
first person's intentions
political power power when used to determine who will hold government office and how
government will behave
authority the right to exercise political power
legitimacy the widely shared perception that something or someone should be obeyed
representative democracy conferring political power on those selected by the voters in competitive
elections
polis term for the greek-city state
elite an identifiable group of people with a disproportionate share of political power
city-state a relatively small political unit within which classical democracy was practiced
majoritarian politics a political system in which the choices of the political leaders are closely
constrained by the preferences of the people
aristotle a philosopher who defined democracy as the " rule of the many "
marxist theory a theory that government is merely a reflection of underlying economic forces
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mills a sociologist who presented the idea of a mostly nongovernmental power elite
hamilton individual who worried the new government he helped to create would be too
democratic
weber a sociologist who emphasized the phenomenon of bureaucracy in explaining
political developments
community control a political system in which local citizens are empowered to govern themselves
directly
citizen participation a political system in which those affected by a governmental program must be
permitted to participate in the program's formulation
new england town meeting a north american approximation of direct or participatory democracy
pluralist theory a theory that no one interest group consistently holds political power
bureaucracy structures of authority organized around expertise and speculation
schumpeter an economist who defined democracy as the competitive struggle by political
leaders for the people's vote
bureaucratic theory a theory that appointed civil servants to make the key governing decisions
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