Chapter 11 Flashcards
The exercise of power, leadership, influence and authority
Politics
The ability to carry out your will, even over the resistance of others
Power
Power that people consider legitimate, as rightly exercised over them; also called legitimate power
Authority
Power that people do not accept as rightly exercised over them; also called illegitimate power
Coercion
A political entity that claims monopoly on the use of violence in some particular territory, commonly known as a country
State
Authority based on custom
Traditional authority
Authority based on law or written rules and regulations; also called bureaucratic authority
Rational legal authority
Authority based on an individual’s outstanding traits, which attract followers
Charismatic authority
The transfer of authority from a charismatic figure to either a traditional or a rational legal form of authority
Routine action of charisma
An independent city whose power radiates outward, bringing the adjacent area under its rule
City state
A form of government headed by a king or queen
Monarchy
A government whose authority comes from the people, the term, based on two Greek words, translates literally as power to the people.
Democracy
A form of democracy in which the eligible voters meet together to discuss issues and make their decisions
Direct democracy
A form of democracy in which voters elect representatives to meet together to discuss issues and make decisions on their behalf
Representative democracy
The concept that birth in a country imparts basic rights
Citizenship
The idea that everyone has the same basic rights by virtue of being born in a country
Universal citizenship
A form of government in which an individual has seized power
Dictatorship
A form of government in which a small group of individuals holds power; the rule of the many by the few.
Oligarchy
A form of government that exerts almost total control over people.
Totalitarianism
Indifference and inaction on the part of individuals or groups with respect to the political process
Voter apathy
A group of people who support a particular issue and who can be mobilized for political action
Special interest group
People who influence legislation on behalf of their clients
Lobbyists
A condition of lawlessness or political disorder caused by the absence or collapse of governmental authority
Anarchy
The diffusion of power among many interest groups that prevents any single groups from gaining control of the government
Pluralism
The separation of powers among the three branches of US government legislative executive and judicial, so that each is able to nullify the actions of the other two those preventing any single branch from dominating the government.
Checks and balances
Another term for the power elite
Ruling class
An organization formed by one or more special interest groups to solicit and spend funds for the purpose of influencing legislation
Political action committee
The use of violence or the threat of violence to produce fear in order to attain political objectives
Terrorism
A system of producing and distributing goods and services
Economy
A type of economy in which human groups live off the land and have little or no surplus
Subsistence economy
Thorstein Veblen’ term for a change from the thrift savings and investments of he Protestant ethic to showing off wealth through spending and the display of possessions
Conspicuous consumption
An economic system built around the private ownership of the means of production, the pursuit of profit and market competition.
Capitalism
Literally hands off capitalism meaning that the government doesn’t interfere in the market.
Laissez-faire capitalism
An economic system built around the public ownership of the. Means of production central planning and the distribution of goods without a profit motive.
Socialism
The law of supply and demand
Market forces
A hybrid economic system in which the individual ownership of businesses is mixed with the state ownership of businesses is mixed with the state ownership of industries thought essential to the public welfare, such as the postal service, natural resources, the medical delivery system, and mass transportation.
Democratic socialism
The view that as capitalist and socialist economic systems each adopt features of the other a hybrid economic system will emerge.
Convergence theory
