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AP US Government
Chapter 1
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Undergraduate 1
09/12/2007

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Term
Power
Definition
The ability of one person to get another person to act in accordance with the first person's intentions.
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Authority
Definition
The right to use power.
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Legitimacy
Definition
Political authority conferred by law or by state or national constitution.
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Democracy
Definition
The rule of many - Aristotle
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Direct or Participatory Democracy
Definition
A government in which all or most citizens participate directly.
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Representative Democracy
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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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Elite
Definition
Persons who possess a disproportionate share of some valued resource, like money or power.
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Marxist View
Definition
View that the government is dominated by capitalists.
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Power Elite View
Definition
View that the government is dominated by a few top leaders, most of whom are outside of government.
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Bureaucratic View
Definition
View that the government is dominated by appointed officials.
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Pluralist View
Definition
The belief that competition among all affected interests shapes public policy.
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Majoritarian Politics
Definition
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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Joseph Schumpeter
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