GOV. 1.05 assessment

bureaucrats

according to Max Weber, what class of people have power in modern societies?

power elite

leaders of the economy, the military, and the government made up which fraction, according to C. Wright Mills?

elitist

the belief that only a small number of people hold power is derived from what kind of theories?

national

the most powerful governments in the world are what kind of governments?

elites

what is the term for people with disproportionate share of power?

sovereignty

what is the term for the power of a nation-state to determine its form of government and its economic and social systems?

power

which best describes control over the actions of others?

authority

which term relates to power recognized as legitimate?

pluralist

which theories hold that many ordinary people have access to power?

karl marx

who said, "the rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs"?