1. Advanced Placement Government
Concept Attainment
Advanced Placement Government

2. Phase 1 Divine Right - No The will of the majority - Yes
Dictatorship No
New England Town Meetings - Yes
Athenian government system - Yes

3. Phase 2
Authoritarian
Republic
Totalitarian
Parliament
Monarchs

4. Phase 3
Identify the concept.
Come up with their own examples.

5. Democracy Equality in voting Individual freedom
Equality of all persons
Majority rule and minority rights
Voluntary consent to be governed.

6. Representative Democracy
Participatory Democracy
Pluralist Democracy
Elite Democracy

7. Participatory Democracy
Emphasizes broad participation in politics and civil society.

8. 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.

9. Elitism An economic strata of society controls the political agenda.
Elite Democracy: emphasizes limited participation in politics and civil society.

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