Democracy and Non Authoritarian Systems

Question 1

the absence of government and laws

Answer 1

Anarchy

Question 2

a government that vests power in the people

Answer 2

democracy

Question 3

the concept that the citizens are the ultimate source of political power

Answer 3

popular sovereignty

Question 4

a theory of democracy that limits the citizens’ role to choosing among competing leaders

Answer 4

Elite democracy

Question 5

a theory of democracy that holds that citizen membership in groups is the key to political power

Answer 5

Pluralist democracy

Question 6

a theory of democracy that holds that citizens should actively and directly control all aspects of their lives Participatory democracy

Answer 6

Participatory democracy

Question 7

a system in which a democratic government allows citizens a considerable amount of personal freedom and maintains a free-market (though still usually regulated) economy

Answer 7

Advanced Industrial Democracy

Question 8

a utopian system in which property is communally owned and all decisions are made democratically

Answer 8

Communist Democracy