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Legislative branches of California |
It is composed of the state assembly and the state senate. |
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Head of executive branch at state level |
Governor |
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Issues that the courts at state level handle |
Municipal courts: Traffic/parking citations and small claims. Family issues, wills. Upper courts handle appeals and civil and criminal cases. |
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Idealism |
Emphasizes cooperation and attempt to minimize conflict through diplomatic means; where mutual interests can define outcomes and relations. |
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Realism |
Emphasizes protection of self-interest; sees the world as an inherently dangerous place where actors are motivated by self-interest. |
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Interest groups |
Group of like-minded individuals who band together to influence public policy, public opinion, or government officials. |
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Foreign policy |
Mix of military, diplomatic, and economic policies that define U.S. relations with other nations around the world. |
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Public opinion, polls and democracy |
Public opinion. Political beliefs and attitudes of the public on matters of relevance. Can be influenced by: family, school, work, media, etc. -determined by surveys and polls. - important in democracy because it is about the rule of the people. They must voice their opinions to those in government. |
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Agents of socialization and political socialization |
Political socialization is a process by which individuals come to have certain core beliefs and political attitudes. Agents of socialization: family, school, college, job, media, race and ethnicity (hispanic, asian, african) Social class (upper, middle) |
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Types of local government |
Cities, counties, school districts. |
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Progressive movement and initiative process |
Progressive movement: movement designated to mitigate or end corruption in government and give more direct authority to the populace. To enact there is initiatives(propositions) to put this in a ballot 2 ways either legislature changes in law or amendments or California voter can put referendum or initiative on the ballot |
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Economic policy of US and it's characteristics |
Laissez-faire: Restricted government engagement in the economy. Avoidance of price fixing, subsidies, tariffs. -minimal restriction on commerce. Deregulation, free markets. -market driven economic system. Capitalistic, private sector driven, competition. -self-interest diven. Entrepreneurial, risk taking. |
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Functions of interest groups and lobbyists and their effect on democracy |
Provide tools for participation Educate the public and governmental officials Influence policymaking and governmental action. To present their positions they lobby directly contacting officials and building long-term relationships with policymakers. These groups are powerful relative to the influence of voters and other less organized citizens. But there exists potential bias as others with less representation won't have much influence articulating their needs and desires. |
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Effects of low political trust and voter turnover on democracy |
According to CNN only 15% trust government on Washington. But low turn out means not many people is participating in this process to choose who is representing them. Fter all the idea is to elect the person you feel will adress the issues you feel important. |
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Problems with media |
Conflict of interest: ownership of multiple news agencies. Ownership in other industries Disney and ABC. Profits vs news Limited resources. Profit motive drives cuts that limits investigation. Dependence on official sources. Only accepting statements and no cross-referencing. Questionable news materials are stories about celebrities and their lifestyles important to cover in news? |
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Types and functions of media |
Types: print (newspaper, magazines), broadcast (radio and tv), new media (internet, blogs) Functions: watchdog (watch/monitor) actions of government. Illuminate, make clear electoral choices. Present djverse, full set of facts and ideas about policy. |
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Central economic policies in the US |
Monetary policy: management of the economy by controlling the supply of available money. The federal Reserve adjusts how much money is in circulation if there is too much money this would generate inflation (too much money chasing too few goods) but too litte money will stifle economic growth. the interest rate depending on public spending. If wants to increase spending lower interest rate. If people I'd spending a lot and has money it increases the interest rate to avoid inflation Fiscal policy: management of the economy by controlling spending and taxation. There is currently a budget deficit as the government is spending more that it is collecting. |
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Laissez-faire economics as representation of American ideals |
Equality Individualism Democracy Liberty Property Religion Conflict: essential products, consumer safety, monopolies, working conditions/rights. |
