Janda Chapter 2

_________ allows a person to acquire information and documents online and also provides medium to register opinions and complaints to government officials

E-government

A form of government that puts power in the hands of an elite is a

Oligarchy

Based on Greek political thought concerning democracies, when one individual has the power to make all the important political decisions, what type of government exists?

autocracy

In creating the policies of government, most proponents of substantive democratic theory would agree that government should guarantee

civil liberators and civil rights

A pluralist democracy is dependent on interest groups and a ______________ structure of government

decentralized

According to the __________ model of democracy people have a direct role in democracy though the election process

majoritarian

The mode of democracy relies on out intuitive, elemental notion of what is fair essentially forcing government officials to respond to public opinion

majoritarian

Which of the following is TRUE when comparing majoritarian and pluralist models of democracy?

majoritarian democracy expects that the mass public rather than interest groups will control government actions

A popular election is the primary mechanism for democratic government in which model?

majoritarian model

Some theorists say that democracies should be run by group decisions based on the opinion of atleast 50 percent of participants plus one person. What concept does this represent

majority rule

A government in which power is found in the hands of few people such as military is called a

oligarchy

In the pluralist model of democracy, "government by the people" means government by people who

operate through competing interest groups

___________ is a system of government where tank and file citizens rule themselves rather than electing representatives to govern on their behalf

participatory democracy

A country abiding by the principle "one person, one vote" is practicing

political equality

__________ sets fourth the principles describing how government should make decisions, who should participate, how much each vote should count, and how many votes are needed to reach a decision

procedural democratic theory

participatory democracy today is

rare in the United States and in other democracies

What version of democracy did the framers institute as they shaped the American system?

representative democracy

Most democracies give power to

representatives

The bill of rights is at the core of our

substantive theories of democracy

How are votes viewed under the principle of political equality?

there is one vote per person and each vote counts equally