Differentiate between majoritarian politics and elitist politics, explaining the four major theories on the latter. Describe the Marxist, elitist, bureaucratic, and pluralist theories. Indicate the advantages and shortcomings of each theory as described by the text. A. Two great questions about politics 1. Describes at least three different political systems.
Direct democracy is impractical for reasons of time, expertise, etc.
Representative democracy requires leadership competition if system is to work B . Community control 2. Citizen participation in program development 3. A. Majoritarian politics - The populist view. This is what most tend to view our democracy as but it os often simplistic.