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View that government is dominated by appointed officials. |
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Direct or Participatory Government |
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A government in which all or most citizens participate directly. |
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"Persons who possess a disproportionate share of some valued resource, like money or power." |
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Political authority conferred by law or by a state or a national constitution. |
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View that gov't is dominated by capitalists. |
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The belief that competition among all affected intrests shapes public policy. |
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The ability of one person to get another person to act in accordance with the first persons intentions. |
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"View that government is dominated by a few top leaders, most of whom are outside of government." |
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A gov't in which leaders make decsions by winning a competitive struggle for the popular vote. |
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Rule of Many - describing democracy |
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Leaders who are constrained by wishes of the public. |
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According to the Marxist viewpoint who is in control of todays gov't? |
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The gov't is a reflection of underlying economic forces. Ex. large oil companies |
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"The democratic method is that institutional arrangement for arriving at political decisions in which [leaders] acquire power to decide by means of a competitive struggle for the people's vote." |
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Which view doesn't have a single intellectual parent? |
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Considered a founder of the modern study of sociology. |
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