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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