AP US Government and Politics

The ability of one person to get another person to act in accordance with the first person's intentions

• Power Elite View

• Authority

• Log-Rolling

• Power

Political authority conferred by law or by a state or national constitution

• Legitimacy

• Pluralist View

• Political Agenda

• Benefit

The rule of the many

• Representative Democracy

• Power

• Democracy

• Politics

A government in which all or most citizens participate directly

• Direct or Participatory Democracy

• Bureaucratic View

• Power Elite View

• Constitutional Monarchy

Persons who possess a disproportionate share of some valued resource, like money, prestige, or expertise

• Elite

• Pork-Barrel Legislation

• Policy Entrepreneurs

• A person coming to power

View that the government is dominated by capitalists

• Creedal Passion View

• Power Elite View

• Majoritarian View

• Class View

View that the government is dominated by a few top leaders, most of whom are outside of government

• Power Elite View

• Pluralist View

• Elite View

• Authority View

View that the government is dominated by appointed officials

• Creedal Passion View

• Bureaucratic View

• Pluralist View

• Class View

View that morally impassioned elites drive important political changes

• Creedal passion view

• Participatory View

• Pluralist View

• Political Agenda

View that competition among all affected interests shapes public policy

• Creedal passion view

• Power Elite View

• Pluralist View

• Bureaucratic View