Chap 1 Vocab

The ability of one person to cause another person to act in accordance with the first person's intentions

Power that is used to determine who will hold government office and how government will behave

The right to exercise political power

The widely-shared perception that somehing or someone should be obeyed

Conferring political power on those selected by the voters in competitive elections

Term for the Greek city-state

An identifiable group of people with a disproportionate share of political power

A relatively small political unit within which classical democracy was practiced

A political system in which the choices of the political leaders are closely constrained by the preferences of the people

A philosopher who defined democracy as th e"rule of the many"

A theory that government is merely a reflection of underlying economic forces

A sociologist who presented the idea of a mostly nongovernment power elite

Individual who worried the new governmet he helped to create would be too democratic

A political system in which those affected by a government program must be permitted to participate in the program's formulation

A theory that no one interest group consistently hold political power

Structures of authority organized around expertise and specialization

A theory that appointed civil servants make the key governing decisions

A term used to describe three different political systems in which the peope are said to rule, directly or indirectly

A political system in which all or most citizens participate directly by either holding office or making policy

A theory that a few top leaders make the key decisions without reference to popular desires