Chapter 1 Vocabulary Terms

Question 1

Power

Answer 1

is the ability of one person to get another person to act in accordance with the first person’s intentions

Question 2

Authority

Answer 2

is the right to use power.

Question 3

Legitimacy

Answer 3

is political authority conferred by law or by a state or national constitution.

Question 4

Democracy

Answer 4

is the rule of the many.

Question 5

Direct or Participatory Democracy

Answer 5

is a government in which all or most citizens participate directly.

Question 6

Representative Democracy

Answer 6

is a government in which leaders make decisions by win in a competitive struggle for the popular vote.

Question 7

Elite

Answer 7

are persons who possess a disproportionate share of some valued resource, like money or power.

Question 8

Marxist View

Answer 8

is the view that the government is dominated by capitalists.

Question 9

Power Elite View

Answer 9

is the view that the government is dominated by a few top leaders, most of whom are outside of government.

Question 10

Bureaucratic View

Answer 10

is the view that the government is dominated by appointed officials.

Question 11

Pluralist View

Answer 11

is the belief that competition among all affected interests shapes public policy.