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Flashcards by Andrew Mosier, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Andrew Mosier
over 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What is the name for stuff that cannot be denied to anyone such as clean air? | Collective Goods |
| What is the process that determine leaders and their policies? | Politics |
| What is the name for activities related to selection of political leaders? | Political Participation |
| As a whole what is the name for the institutions that makes public policy decisions for a society? | Government |
| What is the process that allows policy to be created and refined? | Policy-making system |
| What institution allows citizens concerns to become political issues? | Linkage Institutions |
| What is the name for issues that attract political attention? | Policy Agenda |
| What is the name for a problem that people disagree on how it should be solved? | Political Issue |
| What is the name for groups that seek specific change and are uncompromising? | Singe-Issue Groups |
| What is the name for the parts of the government that take action on political issues? | Policy-making institutions Bonus points for naming -Congress -Presidency -Courts -Bureaucracy |
| What is the name of the choice a government makes about a political issue? | Public Policy |
| What is the name of the effect of a policy? | Policy Impact |
| What is the name of the government type that allows the public to select its policy makers? | Democracy |
| What is the principle of democratic theory that relates to respect for the majority? | Majority Rule |
| What is the principle of democratic theory that relates to the electing of a few by the many? | Representation |
| What theory assumes that public interest will prevail through cooperation with many interest groups? | Pluralism |
| What is the principle of democratic theory that relates to protection from the majority? | Minority Rights |
| What theory assumes that the government is weakened through broad cooperation with groups? | Hyper Pluralism |
| What is the name for when policy is unable to be formed? | Policy Gridlock |
| What is the name for values shared in a society? | Political Culture |
| What theory assumes that some folk make the choices no matter who is elected? | Elitism |
| What is the name for the total worth of goods & services produced in a year? | Gross Domestic Product |
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