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government does not always adopt policies that are to the narrow advantage of those who hold political offices.

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The fact that the rich are taxed more heavily than the poor and that amendments that gave voting rights to minorities were passed by large majorities suggests that

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political purposes.

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The text argues that political power is inextricably bound with

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get others to do what they want them to do.

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Individuals have power when they are able to

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private, public

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The text notes a tendency for issues that once were ____ to become ____.

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considerably greater.

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Compared with the 1950s, government's involvement in the everyday lives of American in 1990s is

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a factory closing its doors, a profession not accrediting a member, and a university refusing an applicant

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The text suggests that, during the 1950s, the federal government would have taken very little interest in

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the right to use power.

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By authority, the authors mean

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government official.

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Formal authority refers to a right to exercise power that is derived from a(n)

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US Constitution.

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The primary source of legitimate political authority in the United States is the

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what constitutes legitimate authority.

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The author cites the early presidential administrations, the Civil War, and the New Deal as examples of struggles over

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democratic.

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The text suggests that in the US, no government at any level would be considered legitimate if it were not in some sense

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far from unanimous.

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At the time of the Constitutional Convention, the view that a democratic government as desirable was

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Alexander Hamilton

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Which delegate to the Constitutional Convention was worries that the new government that he helped to create might be too democratic?

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Aristotle.

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The term democracy was original associated with

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Greece in the fourth century BC.

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The term participatory democracy applies most accurately to which the following societies?

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slaves, women, minors, those without property.

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The Greek city-state, or polis, did not extend the right to vote to

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the New England town meeting.

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In recent times, Aristotle's ideal of democracy has been most closely approximated by

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competitive elections.

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Representative democracy allows individuals to gain political power

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Joseph Schumpeter.

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Democracy was defined as the competitive struggle for people's votes by

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elite

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Representative democracy is sometimes disapprovingly referred to as the ____ theory of democracy.

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does not feature the word democracy at all.

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The Framers' concerns about direct democracy are well illustrated by the fact that the Constitution

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representative democracy.

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When the Framers of the Constitution wrote "republican form of government," they were referring to

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political resources much be distributed in a roughly equal manner.

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All of the following are requirements for representative democracy except that

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elective.

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One distinctive feature of many European democracies is that very few offices are

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many more offices are elective.

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Democracy in the US is distinguished from many European democracies by the fact that in the US

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community control.

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Variants of direct democracy include programs of citizen participation

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the ballot.

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In a referendum, citizens express their opinions about issues by means of

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The government should mediate, not mirror, popular views.

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Which statement best reflects the views of the Framers of the Constitution?

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prevent sweeping changes in policy and often proceed slowly.

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The Founders assumed that representative democracy would

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Aristotle

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Which of the following thought of democracy as the "rule of the many"?

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the rich.

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An oligarchy would feature rule by

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John Locke

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The text suggests that the writings of ____ were a "decisive influence" on the Founders.

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self-preservation

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Locke argued that the desire for the ____ will lead people to want a government.

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an all-powerful government.

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Hobbes believed the answer to the "all-out-war" that existed in the state of the nature was

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majoritarian politics.

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A city council representative faces an important vote on how much, if any, money to spend on a new school. The representative relies on a poll of her constituents to make a decision. This is in keeping with the form of politics known as

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When an issue is too complicated or technical for most citizens to understand.

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Under what circumstances would majoritarian politics normally not be effective?

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Despite their small numbers, those who are active participants in politics generally reflect the types of people in the general population and the viewpoints of most citizens.

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Elite theory is based on all of the following premises except which one?

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a dominant social class.

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Karl Marx is associated with the view that elites reflect

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"bourgeoisie"

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Marx would use the label ____ to identify those who dominated government.

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Weber.

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The bureaucratic view of political elites is associated with

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a large number of organized interests.

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The pluralist view of power focuses on

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economic self-interest may be important but is usually not the only guide to people's actions.

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Regarding the role of self-interest in the positions that people take on important issues, it is safest to say that

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self-interest.

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According to Tocqueville, Americans are fond of explaining their actions in terms of

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no simple theory of politics is likely to explain both sets of expectations.

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During the 1920s, the federal government was expected to play a small role in our lives. The fact that there was a dramatic change in the expectations from the 1920s to the 1970s suggests that

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alternating between outward and inward movements.

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The text presents the historical involvement of the US in foreign affairs as

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preferences.

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The text insists that if we wish to understand power, we must also understand

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Most power derives from psychological and social factors such as friendship, loyalty, and prestige.

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Which of the following statements about political power, or "who governs?" is most accurate?

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laws may be enacted in a great variety of circumstances.

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The trouble with trying to infer the distribution of political power from examining the laws on the books is that

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the policy process

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The authors suggest that ____ is arguably one of the best barometers of changes in who governs.

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