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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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| political authority conferred by law, public opinion, or constitution |
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| a term used to describe a political system in which the people are said to rule, direct or indirectly |
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| the true interests of the masses are discovered through discussion within the government whether or not the people affect the decision making or select the decision makers (communism) |
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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. the town meeting, in which citizens vote on makor issues, is an example |
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| a political system in which leaders are representatives acquire political power by means of a competitive struggle for the people's vote. this is the form of government used by nations that are called democratic |
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| an identifiable group of persons who possess a disporportionate share of some valued resource- in this case, political power |
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| people who believe that those who control the economic system also control the political one |
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| the appointed officials who operate government agencies from day to day |
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| a theory that competition among all affected interests shapes public policy |
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