Power, Authority, and Legitimacy + VOCAB
This is the ability to influence or control others, even without the legitimate right to do so.
What is power?
In this form of democracy, citizens elect leaders to make government decisions for them.
What is representative democracy?
In this type of economy, the government makes most decisions about production and distribution.
What is a command economy?
This idea says people give up some freedom in exchange for government protection.
What is the social contract?
A ruler's legitimacy depends primarily on people giving the ruler this.
What is acceptance of the ruler's authority?
Unlike a dictator who usually takes control, this type of ruler usually inherits power.
What is a monarch?
This type of economy combines elements of market and government economic decision-making and is the most common today.
What is a mixed economy?
In this system, power is shared between national and state governments.
What is a federal system?
A person may have the official right to lead but lack this if others refuse to follow their directions.
What is authority?
This country is a modern example of a theocracy.
What is Iran?
According to Karl Marx, this economic system would eventually be replaced after workers rebelled against elites.
What is capitalism?
This form of fascism was built on ideas of racial superiority and extreme nationalism.
What is Nazism?
This is the right to exercise supreme power and authority over a region, group, or oneself.
What is sovereignty?
In this type of democracy, the political party with a majority in the legislature typically chooses the prime minister.
What is a parliamentary democracy?
Communist governments in Eastern Europe maintained power by doing this to opposition and demanding conformity to Soviet ideas.
What is suppressing opposition?
This is an independent country in which people share a common culture.
What is a nation-state?
Rosa Parks refusing to give up her bus seat is an example of this form of peaceful resistance.
What is civil disobedience?
A town library is an example of this type of good that benefits the community.
What is a public good?