AP US Gov't Flashcards

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Government	The institution that make authoritative decisions for any given society are collectively known as government.
Public Goods	Services that are shared by the public such as roads and parks are known as Public Goods.
Politics	Determines whom we select as our governmental leaders and what policies these leaders pursue.
Political Participation	The ways which people get involved in politics make up their Political Participation.
Single-Issue Groups	Groups that are so concerned with one issue that members cast their votes on basis of that issue only, ignoring the politician stand on everything else.
Policy Making System	Reveals the way our government responds to the priorities of its people.
Linkage Institution	Transmit Americans preferences to the policymakers in government.
Policy Agenda	The issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other people actively involved in politics at any given time.
Political Issue	An issue that arises when people disagree about a problem and how to fix it.
Policy Making Institutions	The branches of government charged with taking action on political issues. The U.S. constitution established three policy making institutions Congress, presidency, and the courts.
Public Policy	A choice that government makes in response to a political issue. A policy is a course of action taken with regard to some problem.
Policy Impacts	The effects a policy has on people and problems. Impacts are analyzed to see how well a policy has met its goal and at what cost.
Democracy	A system of selecting policy makers and of organizing government so that policy represent and respond to the public's preferences.
Majority Rule	A fundamental principle of traditional democratic theory. In a democracy, choosing among alternative requires that the majority's desire be respected.
Minority Rights	A principle of traditional democratic theory that guarantees rights to those who do not belong to majorities and allows that they might join majorities through persuasion and reasoned argument.
Representation	A basic principle of traditional democratic theory that describes the relationship between the few leaders and the many followers.
Pluralist Theory	A theory of government and politics emphasizing that politics is mainly a competition among groups, each one pressing for its own preferred policies
Elite and Class Theory	A theory of government and politics contending that societies are divided along class lines and that an upper-class elite will rule, regardless of the formal niceties of governmental organizations.
Hyperpluralism	A theory of government and politics contending that groups are so strong that government is weakened.
Policy Gridlock	A conditions that occurs when no coalition is strong enough to form a majority and establish policy. Th result is that nothing may get done.
Political Culture	An overall set of values widely shared within society.
Gross Domestic Product	The sum total of the value of all the goods and services produced in a nation.

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