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Wilson CH.1.1
AP Government
Question | Answer |
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Power | the ability of one person to cause another person to act in accordance with the first person's intentions |
Authority | the right to use power; not all who exercise political power have it |
Legitimacy | what makes a law or constitution a source of right |
Two great questions about politics | Who governs and to what ends? |
Representative democracy | Acquisition of power by leaders via competitive elections |
Democracy | Aristotelian "rule of the many" (participatory democracy) |
republic | representative democracy |