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10 Cards in this Set
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power
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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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authority
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the right to use power
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legitimacy
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political authority conferred by law or by a state or national constitution
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democracy
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the rule of the many
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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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representative democracy
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a government in which leaders make decisions by winning a competitve struggle for the popular vote
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elite
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persons who possess a disproportionate share of some valued resource, like money or power
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marxist view
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view that the govenment is dominated by a few top leaders, most of whom are outside of government
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bureaucratic view
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view that the government is dominated by apointed officials
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pluralist view
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the belief that competition among all affected interests shapes public policy
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