Gov Chapter I

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Authority
right to use power
Bureaucratic View
view that government is dominated by appointed civil servants
Class View
view that the government is dominated by capitalists
Democracy
The rule of many
Direct/ Participatory Democracy
a form of democracy in which the people as a whole make direct decisions, rather than have those decisions made for them by elected representatives
Elitist Theory
a few top leaders, not all of them drawn from business, make key decisions
Legitimacy
political authority conferred by law or by sate or national constitution
Majoritarian Politics
A political system in which the choices of the political leaders are closely constrained by the preferences of the people
Marxism
those who control the economic system will control the political one
Max Weber
German sociologist that regarded the development of rational social orders as humanity's greatest achievement. Saw bureaucratization (the process whereby labor is divided into an organized community and individuals acquire a sense of personal identity by finding roles for themselves in large systems) as the driving force in modern society
Pluralist Viewview that competition among affected interests shape public policyPolitical Powerpower used to determine who will hold government office and how the government will behavePowerability of one person to get another to act in accordance with the first person's intentionsPower Elite TheoryAmerican democracy is actually dominated by a few top leaders, most of whom are outside the government and enjoy great advantages in wealth, status, or organized positionRepresentative Democracyany system of government in which leaders are authorized to make decisions by winning a competitive struggle for popular vote