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Wilson CH.1.1
AP Government
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Power | the ability of one person to cause another person to act in accordance with the first person's intentions |
| Authority | the right to use power; not all who exercise political power have it |
| Legitimacy | what makes a law or constitution a source of right |
| Two great questions about politics | Who governs and to what ends? |
| Representative democracy | Acquisition of power by leaders via competitive elections |
| Democracy | Aristotelian "rule of the many" (participatory democracy) |
| republic | representative democracy |