Political Power
Democracy
Distribution of Power
John Locke
Types of government
100
power
What is ability to get another person to act in another person's interest
100
democratic
What is a government where all, or most, citizens participate in government
100
majoritarian politics
What is when political leaders have to focus on issues and positions that most citizens are concerned about
100
the people
What is where sovereignty resides?
100
Monarchy
What is a type of government with a king, queen, emperor or empress?
200
authority
What is the right to use power
200
participatory democracy
What is a government where all or most citizens directly participate in decision making
200
elite
What is people who possess a disproportionate share of a resource like money or power
200
natural law
What is rights guaranteed to all people (life, liberty, property)?
200
dictatorship
What is a country ruled by a single leader
300
legitimacy
What is when people assume a law or rule is a source of "right"
300
representative democracy
What is a government where people earn political positions or power by a competitive vote
300
power elite view
What is the belief that a few wealthy people dominate the U.S.
300
equally
What is how the law of nature treats everyone?
300
oligarchy
What is a government ruled by the rich?
400
democratic
What is one requirement "virtually all" people in the U.S. believe has to be part of any government
400
voters have meaningful choices leadership competition individuals and parties run for office free communication
What is a requirement of representative democracy?
400
pluralist view
What is belief that power is broadly shared in the U.S. so no single group can dominate
400
overthrow or get rid of the government
What is right people have if the government denied them their natural rights?
400
totalitarian
What is a government with one group with all power that tells people who to do
500
considerably greater involvement
What is change since the 1950s in government's involvement in everyday lives of people in the U.S.
500
it prevents sweeping changes in policy it can be a slow process
What is the Founders assumption about representative democracy?
500
Constitution
What is the primary source of legitimate political authority in the U.S.?
500
the legislature
What is the location of the supreme power within government? (not outside government)
500
Autocracy
What is government with a single person having unlimited power?
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