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Political authority conferred by law or by a state or national constitution.
What makes a law or constitution a source of right? ____________. |
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"The rule of many." -Aristotle
"The democratic method is that institutional arrangement for arriving at political decisions in which individuals acquire the power to decide by means of a competetive struggle for the people's vote."
-Joseph Schumpeter |
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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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| The ability of one person to get another person to act in accordance with the first person's intentions. |
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Representative Democracy
ch.1 // p.6 |
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A government in which leaders make decisions by winning a competitive struggle for the popular vote.
{This is the kind of government that the framers of the Constitution had in mind, as well as the kind of democracy that we have in the United States, today.} |
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| Persons who share a disproportionate share of some valued resource, like money or power. |
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Also called Socialism.
View that government is dominated by capitalists.
Founded by German philosipher, Karl Marx (1818-1883). |
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Power Elite View
ch.1 // p.9 |
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View that government is dominated by a few top leaders, most of whom are outside of government.
This thoery was started by a famous mid-twentieth century American sociologist named c. Wright Mills. |
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Bureaucratic View
ch.1 // p.9 |
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View that government is dominated by appointed officials(those who staff and operate the gov. on a daily basis).
This theory was shaped primarily by the German scholar, Max Weber (1864-1920). |
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Pluralist View
ch.1 // p.9 |
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The belief that competition amond all affected interests shapes public policy.
//no single intellectual parent// |
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Main 2 Questions about Government are...
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1. Who governs?
2. To what ends? |
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What makes power righful?
ch.1 // p.5 |
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| Legitimacy is what makes power rightful. |
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Which kind of democracy, Representative or Parcipitory, was practiced in Greek city-states?
ch.1 // p.6 |
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| Participatory or Direct Democracy. |
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