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Ch. 1

Vocab. For AP Exam

TermDefinition
Joseph Schumpeter Economist;defines democracy as "the democratic method is that institutional arrangement for arriving at political decisions in which individuals acquire the power to decide by means of a competitive struggle for the people's vote."
Representative Democracy Leaders and representatives acquire political power by means of a competitive struggle for the people's votes.
Power The ability of one person to get another person to act in accordance with the first person's intentions.
Pluralist Theory A theory that states that competition among all affected interests shapes public policy; competition among all interests creates a stable environment; no one is all powerful
C. Wright Mills Government is dominated by a few top leaders, most of whom are outside the government and enjoy great advantages in wealth, status, organizational position.
Marxist Theory 4 Classes in life; capitalists, workers, farmers, intellectuals. Whoever dominates the economy, also controls the government.
Majoritarian Politics The politics of policy-making in which almost everybody benefits from a policy and almost everybody pays for it.
Legitimacy Political authority conferred by law, public opinion, or constitution.
Bureaucratic Theory There are specialized people who oversee and work the government efficiently.
City-State An independent city and its surrounding territory.
Citizen Participation Requiring those affected by some government program to participate in its formulation.
Bureaucracy A large, complex organization composed of appointed officials. The department and agencies of the U.S government make up the federal bureaucracy.
Authority The right to exercise power.
Direct Democracy All or most citizens participate directly in either holding office or making policy.
Democracy "Rule of the many."
Elite Theory An identifiable group of persons who possess a disproportionate share of political power.
Aristotle A Greek philosopher
Community Control Allowing individual neighborhoods in big cities to govern themselves.
Max Weber Everything has fallen under bureaucracy; capitalists or workers may come to power, but the government agencies they create will be dominated by those who operate them on a daily basis.
Aristotle's View of Representative Democracy "Rule of the many,"; Hold office or vote.
Theory of Representative Democracy We vote for our leaders, who have to win us over for our vote.
Ronald Reagan's Policy Initiatives Cut back on taxes, the money it spent, and the regulations it imposed; trying to cut back on government power.
American Foreign Policy Alternatives Looking in-looking for opportunities for expansion. Looking Out-unprecedented terrorist attacks, looking to become friends with old foes.
Source of Legitimate Political Authority in the U.S. Law, public opinion, or constitution.
Early Presidential Administrations, the Civil War, and the New Deal were struggles over what? Legitimacy-Administrations:dispute over what kinds of legitimate decisions the gov. could make; Civil War:a struggle over the legitimacy of the federal union;New Deal: those who disagreed over whether it was legitimate for gov. to intervene in economy.
Framers View of the "Will of the People" Representative Democracy is the safest way to avoid tyranny; majority rule; civil liberties are not majority rule; gov. should mediate, not mirror, popular views.
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