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22 Cards in this Set
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Government |
A government consists of those institutions that make public policies for society. |
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Collective Goods |
Goods that belong to everyone and that everyone can share |
Water |
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Political Participation |
How people can participate in government. This is based on the needs of the people. |
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Single-issue Groups |
Groups that defend only one issue forcing them to disregard or support a runner ignoring their views on other topics. |
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Policy making systems |
Legislature, Executive, Courts, Bureaucracy, from which policy comes into being. |
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Linkage Institutions |
Institutions that are essential for people's preferences to be recognized in political agendas. |
Political parties, interest groups, elections, and media |
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Political issues |
Disagreement between groups or conflicts between policy choices which people disagree with. |
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Policy Agenda |
When problems arise the people take their concerns to gov't officials which are the prioritize in political agendas. |
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Policy making institutions |
Institutions like the presidency, congress and the Supreme Court that establish policy based on the constitution. |
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Policy making institutions |
Institutions like the presidency, congress and the Supreme Court that establish policy based on the constitution. |
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Public policy |
Policies passed by gov't, usually all decision. Made by congress, Supreme Court, presidency, bureaucracy. |
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Public impacts |
How people and societies problems are affected by policies. |
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Democracy |
Forms of selecting policy makers to represent people's ideas and preferences. |
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Majority rule |
The decision with more votes representing what most citizens desire. |
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Minority rights |
Rights that belong to minority groups that are not part of a majority group. |
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Representation |
The relationship between leader and followers |
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Pluralism |
Groups with shared interest influence public policy. |
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Elitism |
Big power companies are controlling the country. |
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Hyperpluralism |
Too many groups competing is weakening the gov't which slows down the process of public policy. |
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Policy gridlock |
Groups oppose one another so heavily that it stops policy from being made. |
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Political culture |
Overall values held by American citizens. |
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Gross Domestic Product(GDP) |
Total value for all good and services produced annually until eg US |
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