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26 Cards in this Set
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issues that people believe require government action
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political agenda
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a burden that people believe they must bear if a policy is enacted
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cost
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a satisfaction that people believe they will enjoy if a policy is adopted
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benefit
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a policy in which almost everybody benefits and almost everybody pays
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majoritarian politics
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a policy in which one small group benefits and another small group pays
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interest group politics
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a policy in which one small group benefits and almost everybody pays
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client politics
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a legislator supports a proposal favored by another in return for support of his or hers
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logrolling
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a policy in which almost everybody benefits and a small group pays the cost
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entrepreneurial politics
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activists in or out of government who pull together a political majority on behalf of unorganized interests
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policy entrepreneurs
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rules governing commercial activities designed to improve consumer, worker, or environmental conditions.
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process regulation
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Another name for process regulation
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social regulation
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What is the most important decision when setting the agenda?
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What policy is about
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What forces affect legitimacy?
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-shared political values
-the weight of custom and tradition -the impact of events -changes in political elites |
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What two factors about making a decision when making policy affect politics?
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perception and legitimacy
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How humans react to policy depends on?
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How widely distributed or narrowly concentrated the benefits and cost are
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Why does economic power dominate political power?
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-Wealth can buy influence
-Must defer to businesses to keep economy healthy |
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Name some examples of antitrust legislation
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Sherman Act
Federal Trade Commission Act Clayton Act |
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What has been the resulting legislation of majoritarian politics?
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Antitrust legislation
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Why is there no interest group activity with antitrust legislation?
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It doesn't divide society into clear blocks
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created the National Labor Relations Board
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Wagner Act
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regulate and conduct of union organizing drives and to hear complaints of unfair labor practices fought by workers against management
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National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
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a law that would make illegal certain union practices and would authorize the president to obtain a court order blocking for up to 80 days any strike that were dangerous
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Taft-Hartley Act
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law that would prevent corruption in unions, to change the way in which organizing drives were carried out
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Landrum-Griffin Act
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Why are client politics costs sometimes never contested?
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Citizens believe that the regulations protect them
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Why are new consumer and environmental agencies harder to capture?
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-have little discretion due to strict agenda
-newer agencies don't face one big opponent --existence strengthens public interest -have sympathetic allies through media -easier to put pressure on federal agencies |
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What are two ways in which deregulation is controversial?
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-some members of the public don't like the results
-they oppose the process but not the price |
