Erstellt von Daniel Loera
vor etwa 9 Jahre
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Frage | Antworten |
Government | The institutions through which public policies are made for a society |
Collective Goods | Goods and services, such as clean air and clean water, that by their nature cannot be denied to anyone |
Politics | The process determining the leaders we select and the policies they pursue |
Political participation | All the activities by which citizens attempt to influence the selection of political leaders and the policies they pursue |
Single issue groups | Groups that have narrow interest on which their members ted to take an uncompromising stance |
Policymaking System | The process by which policy comes into being and evolves |
Linkage institutions | The political channels through which people's concerning become political issues on the policy agenda |
Policy agenda | The issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other people involved in politics at a point in time |
Political issue | An issue that arises when people disagree about a problem and how to fix it |
Policymaking institutions | The branches of government charged with taking action on political issues |
Public policy | a choice that government makes in response to a political issue |
Policy impacts | The effects a policy has on people and problems |
Democracy | A system of selecting policymakers and of organizing government so that policy represents and responds to the public's preferences |
Majority Rule | The majority's desires to be respected |
Minority rights | A principle of democratic theory that guarantees rights to those who do not belong to majorities |
Representation | Describes the relationship between the few leaders and the many followers |
Pluralism | The policymaking process is open to the participation of all groups with shared interests |
Elitism | Theory that an upper class elite holds the power and makes policy |
Hyper-pluralism | Theory that groups are so strong that government gives into the groups and is thereby weakened |
Policy Gridlock | A condition that occurs when interests conflict and no coalition is strong enough to from a majority and establish policy |
Political culture | An overall set of values widely shared within a society |
Gross Domestic Product | The sum total of the value of all the goods and services produced in a year in a nation |
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