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AP Gov. In America
Chap.1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the institutions and processes through which public policies are made for a society. | government |
| Goods such as clean air snd clean water, that everyone must share. | public goods |
| the process by which we select our governmental leaders and what policies these leaders pursue. | politics |
| All the activities used by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or the policies they pursue. | political participation |
| groups that have a narrow interest, tend to dislike compromise, and often draw membership from people new to politics. | single-issue groups |
| the process by which policy comes into being and evolve over time. | policymaking system |
| the political channels through which people's concerns become poliitical issues on the policy agenda. | linkage institutions |
| the issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other people actually involved in politics at any given point in time. | policy agenda |
| An issue that arises when people disagree about a problem and how to fix it. | political issue |
| The branches of gov't charged with taking action on political issues. | policymaking institutions |
| A choice that gov't makes in response to a political issue. | public policy |
| a sys of selecting policymakers and organizing gov't so that policy represents and responds to the public's preference. | democracy |
| A fundamental principle of traditional democratic theory. | majority rule |
| 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. | minority rights |
| a basic principle of traditional democratic theory that desribes the relationship between the few leaders and the many followers | representation |
| a thoery of government and politics emahaiszing that politics is mainly a competition among groups, each one pressing for its own preferred policies | pluralist theory |
| a theory of government and polities contending that socies are divided a long class lives and that an upper-class elite will rule. | elite and class theory |
| a theory of government and politics contending that groups are so strong that government is weakened | hyperpluralism |
| a condition that occurs when no coalition is strong enough to form a majority and establish policy | policy gridlock |
| the sum total of the value of all the goods and services produced in a nation | gross domestic product |
| the belief that individuals should be left on their own by the government | individualism |
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