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Chapter 1 Vocab

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Government   The instituions and processes through which public policies are made for a society  
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Public Goods   Such as clean water, that everyone must share  
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Politics   The process by which we select our government leaders and what policies these leader pursue  
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Political Participation   All the activites used by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or policies they pursue  
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Singles Issue Groups   have narrow interst, tend to dislike compromise, and often draw membership from people new to politics  
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Policymaking System   The process by which policy comes into being and evolves over time  
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Linkage Institutions   The political channels though which peoples become political issues on the policy agenda  
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Policy Agenda   The issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other people actually involved in politics at any given point  
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Political Issue   An issue that arises when people disagree about a problem and how to fix it  
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Policymaking Institutions   The branches of government charged with taking action on political issues  
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Public Policy   A choice that government makes in response to a political issue  
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Democracy   A system of selecting policymakers and of organizing government so that policy represents and responds to public prefernece  
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Majority Rule   Choosing amoung alternatives requires that the majority's desire be respected  
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Minority Rights   Garentees rights of those who do not belong to majorities  
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Pluralist Theory   Empasizes that politics is mainly a competition amoung groups, pressing its own preferred policies  
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Hyperpluralism   Groups are so strong that government is weakend  
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Policy Gridlock   No coalition is strong enough to form a majority and establish policy  
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Individualism   Individuals should be left on their own by government  
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