Ch 8 & 11 Test Econ

Front 1

the channels or access points thru which issues and ppl's policy preferences get on the govt's policy agenda. In the U.S., elections, political parties, interest groups, and the mass media are examples

Back 1

linkage institutions

Front 2

election of Andre Jackson signals the advent of the Democratic party

Back 2

1828-1856

Front 3

No party dominates, the congress and the presidency are generally controlled by opposing parties

Back 3

1968-present

Front 4

FDR and the democrats forge a coalition of labor, the South, urban dwellers, and minorities amoung others

Back 4

1932-1964

Front 5

The Democatic-Republicans challenge the Federalsits and defeat them. Leads to on e party domination for a little over 20 years

Back 5

1796-1824

Front 6

The Republican Party emerges and quic kly wins its first national election. The start of our two party system as we know it today.

Back 6

1860-1928

Front 7

Major confrontation between John Adams and TJ and the development of our first party system

Back 7

1796-1824

Front 8

Republicans become associated with being the party of big business

Back 8

1860-1928

Front 9

process by which the major political parties form new coalitions of support

Back 9

part realignment

Front 10

theory of g'vt and politics empasizing that politics is mainly a competition amoung roups, each one pressing for its own preferred policies

Back 10

pluralist theory

Front 11

principle stating, "the larger the group, the further it will fal short of providing an optimal amount of a collective good."

Back 11

olsen's law of large groups

Front 12

all the ppl who might be interest group members b/c they share some common interest. its almost always alrger than an actual group

Back 12

potential group

Front 13

something of value ($, tax writeo off, prestige, clean air,) that cannot be withheld from a group member

Back 13

collective good

Front 14

groups that have narrow interest, tend to dislike compromise, and often draw memebership from ppl new to politics

Back 14

single-issue group

Front 15

PACS

Back 15

funding vehicles created by the 1974 campaign finance reforms. a corporation, union, or some other interest group can create this and register it with the federal election commission, which will monitor their expediture

Front 16

animus curiae breifs

Back 16

legal briefs submitted by a "friend of the court" for the purpose of raising additional POV and resenting info. not contained in the briefs of the formal parties. These briefs attempt to influence a court's decision

Front 17

class action lawsuits

Back 17

lawsuits permitting a small number of ppl to sue on behalf of all other ppl similarly situated

Front 18

direct group involvement in the electoral process. groups can fun campaigns, provide testimony, and get members to work for candidates, and some form of PAC's

Back 18

electioneering

Front 19

weak parties avoid making tough decisions

Back 19

gridlock

Front 20

theory of gov't and politics contending that societies are divided along class lines and that an upper-class elite will rule. Regardelss of the fomal niceties of gov'tal organization

Back 20

elite theory