Advanced Placement Government Concept Attainment Advanced Placement Government
Phase 1 Divine Right - No The will of the majority - Yes Dictatorship - No New England Town Meetings - Yes Athenian government system - Yes
Phase 2 Authoritarian Republic Totalitarian Parliament Monarchs
Phase 3 Identify the concept. Come up with their own examples.
Democracy Equality in voting Individual freedom Equality of all persons Majority rule and minority rights Voluntary consent to be governed.
Representative Democracy Participatory Democracy Pluralist Democracy Elite Democracy
Participatory Democracy Emphasizes broad participation in politics and civil society.
Plurality The most number of votes, but not necessarily the majority of the votes. Pluralist Democracy: recognizes group- based activism by non governmental interests striving for impact on political decision making.
Elitism An economic strata of society controls the political agenda. Elite Democracy: emphasizes limited participation in politics and civil society.
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