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13 Cards in this Set
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What is government?
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A government is the institutions and processes through which public policies are made for society
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What is politics?
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Politics is the process by which we select our governmental leaders - politics produces authoritative decisions about public issues
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What are the formal institutions of government?
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Legislative Branch
Executive branch judicial branch bureaucracies |
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What is a public good and what are some examples of public goods?
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A public good is a god that is available to all people, and the consumption of the good by one person does not make it less available to others, and no one can be excluded from using the good. Examples of this would be a national defense or social security
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What is the policy making process?
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process by which policy comes into being and evolves over time
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What is public policy?
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a choice that government makes in response to a political issue
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What is federalism
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a way of organizing a nation so that two or more levels of government have formal authority over the same land and people
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Pluralist Theory
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a theory of government and policies emphasizing that politics is mainly a competition among groups, wach one pressing for its own preferred policy
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Elite and Class Theory
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A theory of government and politics contending that societies are divided along class lines and tat an upper class elite will rule, regardless of the formal niceties of government
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Hyperpluralism
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A theory of government and politics contending that groups are so strong the government is weakened
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Philosophy of John Locke
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Protection of Property
Natural Rights Limited Government Consent of the Governed |
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Goal of the American Revolution?
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Restoring the rights the colonists had felt they had lost
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What did it change?
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No major change in lifestyles, just restoration of rights
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