| A | B |
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| True | The ability of one person to cause another person to act in accordance with the first person’s intentions |
| political power | Power when used to determine who will hold government office and how government will behave |
| authority | The right to exercise political power |
| legitimacy | The widely-shared perception that something or someone should be obeyed |
| representative democracyLMEM | Conferring political power on those selected by the voters in competitive elections |
| polis | Term for the Greek city-statetha |
| elite (political)mocracyLMEM | An identifiable group of people with a disproportionate share of political power |
| city-state. | A relatively small political unit within which classical democracy was practiced |
| majoritarian politicsacyLMEM | A political system in which the choices of the political leaders are closely constrained by the preferences of the people |
| AristotleJ?dF# | A philosopher who defined democracy as the rule of the manyocra |
| Marxist theory | A theory that government is merely a reflection of underlying economic forces |
| Mills | A sociologist who presented the idea of a mostly nongovernmental power elites |
| Hamilton | Individual who worried the new government he helped to create would be too democratic |
| Weber | A sociologist who emphasized the phenomenon of bureaucracy in explaining political developments |
| community controlticsacyLMEM | A political system in which local citizens are empowered to govern themselves directlyel |
| citizen participation | A political system in which those affected by a governmental program must be permitted to participate in the programs formulation |
| New England town meetingLMEM | A North American approximation of direct or participatory democracythems |
| pluralist theory | A theory that no one interest group consistently holds political powerms |
| bureaucracyaV | Structures of authority organized around expertise and specializationrms |
| SchumpeterXI~* | An economist who defined democracy as the competitive struggle by political leaders for the peoples vote |
| bureaucratic theoryetingLMEM | A theory that appointed civil servants make the key governing decisions |
| democracy | A term used to describe three different political systems in which the people are said to rule, directly or indirectly |
| direct or participatory democracy | A political system in which all or most citizens participate directly by either holding office or making policyi |
| elitist theory | A theory that a few top leaders make the key decisions without reference to popular desiresice o |
| T F It took the national government many years to implement just a fraction of the bipartisan homeland security policies and programs. | True |
| T F Politics exists in part because people differ about who should govern and the ends toward which they work.li | True |
| T F Federal income taxes were higher in 1935 than they are today.d gover | False In 1935, about 96 percent of all Americans paid no federal income tax whatsoever. Today almost all families pay about 21 percent of their incomes. |
| T F Most people holding political power in the United States today are middle-class, middle-aged, white Protestant males. | True |
| T F Constitutional amendments giving rights to African Americans and women passed by large majorities.e | True |
| T F It is easy to discern political power at work.ican A | False Sometimes is exercised in subtle ways that may not even be evident to those who are exercising it. |
| T F The text suggests that, increasingly, matters that were once considered public become private, and beyond the scope of governmental action. | False Increasingly matters once thought to be “private” are becoming “public.” |
| T F In the 1950s the federal government would have displayed little or no interest in a university refusing applicants.c | True |
| T F Much of American political history has been a struggle over what constitutes legitimate authority.us | True |
| T F Alexander Hamilton worried that the new government would not be democratic enough.im | False Hamilton worried just the opposite, that it would be too democratic. |
| T F Aristotle thought of democracy as the rule of the many.d not | True |
| T F Everyone in the ancient Greek city-state was eligible to participate in government. | False Slaves, women, minors and those without property were excluded from participation. |
| T F The New England town meeting approximates the Aristotelian ideal. | True |
| T F Some writers of the Constitution opposed democracy on the grounds that the people would be unable to make wise decisions. | True |
| T F Democracy as used in this book refers to the rule of the many.nds th | False The text uses Joseph Schumpter’s definition of representative democracy, not direct democracy. |
| T F The Framers of the Constitution did not think that the will of the people was synonymous with the public good.is | True |
| T F The Framers suspected even highly educated persons could be manipulated by demagogic leaders who played on their fears and prejudices. | True |
| T F The Framers hoped to create a representative democracy that would act swiftly and accommodate sweeping changes in policy.d p | False They did not. In their view, a government that could act swiftly and in radical ways could also do a great deal of harm. |
| T F People today have unprecedented access to information and consume more political news than ever.eepi | F They do have higher levels of access to news and information, but they are not giving political news and information more attention than in the past. Most, especially young people, do not consume political news. |
| T F Majoritarian politics probably influence relatively few issues in this country.l new | true |
| T F Marxist theory sees society as divided into two classes: capitalists and workers.new | true |
| T F C. Wright Mills included corporate, governmental, and labor officials in his power elite. | F Mills “power elite” consisted of corporate leaders, key military officials and key politicians. |
| T F Today, some would add major communications media chiefs to Mills power elite.ower e | true |
| T F Weber assigned a significant amount of power to appointed officials in the bureaucracies of modern governments. | true |
| T F Weber felt that bureaucrats merely implemented public policies that are made by elected officials. g | F Weber saw power in the fact that bureaucrats also have discretion, which can cause their implementation of policies to vary widely. |
| T F Pluralists deny the existence of elites.ment | F Pluralists do not believe everyone has power or that everyone has the same amount. They recognize that there are political elites (those with a disproportionate amount of political power and influence). |
| T F The bureaucratic view does the most to reassure one that America has been, and continues to be, a democracy in more than name only. | . F The pluralist view is the more reassuring on this count. |
| T F A policy can be good or bad independent of the motives of the person who decided it. | True |
| T F The self-interest of individuals is often an incomplete guide to their actions.d it. | True |
| T F In the 1920s it was widely assumed that the federal government would play a small role in citizens lives. | True |
| T F Who wields powerthat is, who made a difference in the outcome and for what reasonis harder to discover than who did what. | True |
| T F Political change is not always accompanied by changes in public laws.r what | True |
