American Government and Politics

In a system of participatory democracy,

Citizens govern themselves, without electing representatives.

The basic standard of substantive democracy is that government must guarantee

Civil rights and liberties

A politician who appeals to and often deceives the masses by manipulating their emotions and prejudices is a(n)

Demagogue.

The online communication channels that allow citizens to register opinions and complaints to government officials is called

E-government.

​Established procedures and organizations that translate public opinion into government policy, like elections, are known as institutional

Mechanisms

In most democracies other than the United States, there is __________ support for the view that jobs and incomes for the unemployed are a right.​

Much more

A form of government that puts power in the hands of an elite is a(n)​

Oligarchy.

New England town meetings are an example of

Participatory democracy

While majority rule is defined as decision making by 50 percent plus one person, _________ is defined as decision making by most participants.

Plurality rule.

Democratization is the

Process of transition as a country attempts to move from an authoritarian form of government toa democratic one.

An election on a public policy issue is called a(n)

Referenda

Freedom of religion or freedom of speech are _________ principles.

Substantive

The Bill of Rights is at the core of our

Substantive theories of democracy.

The ancient Greeks classified governments as autocracies, oligarchies, or democracies based on

The number of citizens involved in governing.

The concept that everyone in a democracy should participate in governmental decision making is ​

Universal participation.

Whether a political system is "democratic" is chiefly defined by which of the following?

cannot be simply defined as it is not a "yes or no" question

A sign that pluralist democracy might NOT be working well in the United States

fact that the best represented sectors in Washington are business and professional groups.

The main disadvantage of the pluralist model is that it

favors groups who need help the least.

One primary challenge to democratization in Iraq after the overthrow of dictator Saddam Hussein is the

religious conflict between Sunni and Shiite branches of Islam.

​In America, when the wealthy and the rest of the population have differing policy goals

​the preference of the wealthy will most often prevail.