Elite Theory

question 51

Multiple Choice

Elite theory

• A) implies that the president must come from the party that holds the majority in Congress.
• B) emphasizes governmental control over economic policy, but not social institutions.
• C) is viewed by political scientists as a theory that works well as a description of both how democracies should function and how democracies actually do function.
• D) indicates that a single ruler controls all aspects of the government, but not economic and social institutions.
• E) is the perspective that society is ruled by a small number of people who exercise power to further their self-interests.