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Politics |
The process by which we select our governmental leaders and what policies these leaders pursue. Politics produces authoritative decisions about public issues. |
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Government |
The institutions and processes through which public policies are made for society. |
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Democracy |
A system of selecting policy makers and of organizing government so that policy represents and responds to the public preferences. |
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political issue |
An issue that arises when people disagree about a problem and a public policy choice. |
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policy agenda |
The issue that attracts the serious attention of public officials and other people actually involved in politics at any given point in time. |
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public policy |
A choice that government makes in response to a political issue. |
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public goods |
Goods such as clean air and clean water that everyone must share. |
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political culture |
An overall state of values shared within society. |
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policy making system |
The process by which political problems are communicated by the voters. Begins with peoples needs... want them solved. |
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majority rule |
Party's wheel horse in the senate, the majority leader is respons. for scheduling bills, influencing committee assignments, and rounding votes in behalf of the party legislative position |
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minority rights |
Democratic theory that guarantees rights to those who do not belong to majorities and allows that they might join majorities out persuasion. |
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single issue groups |
Group that has a narrow interest. Dislike compromise. Draw membership from people new to politics. Distinguish from traditional interest groups. |
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political participation |
Activities used by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or policies. Includes protest and civil disobedience |
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policy making institutions |
The branches of government charged with taking action on political issues. Congress, Presidency, Courts |
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Linkage institutions |
The channels through which issues and peoples prefrences get on the govern. policy agenda. Political Parties, interest groups, and the mass media. |
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policy grid lock |
A condition that occurs when no coalition is strong enough to form a majority and establish policy. |
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representation - democratic theory |
The relationship between the few leaders and the many followers |
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hyper pluralism |
theory of gov. and politics that groups are strong that government is weakened |
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elite and class theory |
Elites control policies bc they control key institutions. |
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pluralist theory |
theory of gov. and politics that politics is mainly a competition among groups, pressing for its own preferred policies. |