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| A philosopher who defined democracy as the "rule of many" |
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| the right to exercise political power |
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| structures of authority organized around expertise and specialization |
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| a theory that appointed civil servants make the key governing decisions |
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| A political system in which those affected by a governmental program must be permitted to participate in teh program's formulation |
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| A relatively samll political unit within which classical democracy was practiced |
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| A political system in which local citizens areempowered to govern themselves directly |
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| A term used to describe three different poltical systems in which the peopole are siad to rule, directly or indirectly |
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| Discovering and then acting on the genuine needs of the people, with a party cadre |
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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 identifiable group of people with a disproportionate share of political power |
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| A theory that a few top leaders make thekey decisions without reference to popular desires |
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| The widely shared perception that something or someone should be obeyed |
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| a political system in which the choices of the politcal leaders are closely constrained by the preferences of the people |
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| A theory that government is merely a reflection of underlying economic forces |
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| A sociologist who presented the idea of mostly nongovernmental power elite |
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| A theory that no one interest group consistently holds political power |
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| Power when used to determine who will hold government office and how government will behave |
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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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| conferring political power on those selected by the voters in competitive elections |
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| An economist who defined democarcy as the competitive struggle by political leaders for the people's vote |
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| A sociologist who emphasized the phenomenon of bureacracy in explaining political developments |
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