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AP Government Vocab

These are important terms for every AP Government Student to know!

TermDefinition
Direct Democracy type of government characterized by citizens attending a town meeting and voting on issues raised, with the majority prevailing
Elite and Class theory a group theory that revolves around an economic strata of society controlling the policy agenda.
Government those institutions that create public policy.
Hyperpluralism is a group theory characterized by many interest groups vying for control resulting in a government that is tied up in gridlock.
Linkage institution the means by which individuals can express preferences regarding the development of public policy.
Loose construction a liberal interpretation of the Constitution.
Pluralism a group theory that involves different groups all vying for control of the policy agenda. No single group emerges, forcing the groups to compromise.
Policy agenda agenda that results from the interaction of linkage institutions.
Political party a group of people joined together by common philosophies and common approaches with the aim of getting candidates elected in order to develop and implement public policy.
Public policy the final action(s) taken by government in promotional, regulatory, or distributive form.
Representative Democracy form of government that relies on the consent of the people and is often called a republican government.
Strict constructionists individuals who believe in a conservative interpretation of the Constitution.
Unitary system of government type of government that centralizes all the powers of government into one central authority.
Anti-Federalists led by Thomas Jefferson, one of the first political parties urging the rejection of the Constitution. Its members were farmers and represented the interest of the common people.
Articles of Confederation the first adopted written constitution of the newly independent United States. Because of its weaknesses, the period of time it governed (1781-1789) became known as the critical period.
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