Majoritarian Or Pluralist Democracy

Question 1

Autocracy

Answer 1

A system of government in which the power to govern is concentrated in the hands of one individual

Question 2

Oligarchy

Answer 2

A system of government in which power is concentrated in the hands of a few people

Question 3

Democracy

Answer 3

A system of government in which, in theory, the people rule, either directly or indirectly

Question 4

Procedural democratic theory

Answer 4

A view of democracy as being embodied in a decision-making process that involves universal participation, political equality, majority rule, and responsiveness

Question 5

Universal participation

Answer 5

The concept that everyone in a democracy should participate in governmental decision making

Question 6

Majority rule

Answer 6

The principle- basic to procedural democratic theory- that the decision of a group must reflect the preference of more than half of those participating; a simple majority