Chapter 1.2 Types of Democracy

Representative Democracy

a government in which the people entrust elected officials to represent their concerns.

Participatory Democracy

Citizens vote directly for laws

Pluralist Democracy

Interest groups with varying interest exert influence on political decision making.

Elite Democracy

Qualified elected/appointed representatives make wise political decisions.

Hyper pluralism

many groups have influence, making it difficult to govern.

Elite Model

Provides for elected representatives that legislate on behalf of the people.

Pluralism Model

Lawmaking requires interest groups to collaborate and compromise.

Participatory Model

Separation of state and federal powers.

Initiative

Voters put a measure on the ballot that they want passed into law.

Referendum

Voters call for a vote to defeat unpopular laws.

Federalists

supported a strong central government

Anti-Federalists

feared a strong central government and preferred state sovereignty.

Brutus 1

feared that a strong central government would give it unlimited power and did not think a government with many factions would be productive.

Federalist 10

argued with so much diversity interest groups would compete with each other limiting the power of a majority.