| A | B |
|---|
| The ability of one person to cause another person to act in accordance with the first person's intentions | power |
| Power when used to determine who will hold government office and how government will behave | political power |
| The right to exercise power | authority |
| The widely shared perception that someone or something should be obeyed | legitimacy |
| Discovering and then acting one the genuine needs of the people, within a party cadre | democratic centralism |
| Conferring political power on those selected by the voters in competitive elections | representative democracy |
| An identifiable group of people with a disproportionate share of political power | elite (political) |
| A relatively small political unit within which classical democracy was practiced | city-state |
| A political system in which the choices of the political leaders are closely constrained by the preferences of the people | majoritarian politics |
| A philospher who defined democracy as the "rule of the many" | Aristotle |
| A theory that government is merely a reflection of underlying economic forces | Marxist theory |
| A sociologist who presented the idea of a mostly nongovernmental power elite | Mills |
| A sociologist who emphasized the phenomenon of bureaucracy in explaining political developments | Weber |
| A political system in which local citizens are empowered to govern themselves directly | community control |
| A political system in which those affected by a governmental program must be permitted to participate in the program's formulation | citizen participation |
| A theory that no one interest group consistently holds political power | pluralist theory |
| Structures of authority organized around expertise and specialization | bureaucracy |
| An economist who defined democracy as the competitive struggle by political leaders for the people's vote | Schumpeter |
| A theory that appointed civil servants make the key governing decisions | bureaucratic theory |
| A term used to describe three different political systems in which the people are said to rule, directly or indirectly | democracy |
| A political system in which all or most citizens participate directly by either holding office or making policy | direct or participatory democracy |
| A theory that a few top leaders make the key decisions without reference to popular desires | elitist theory |
