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| 7264797830 | democracy | a means of selecting policy makers and of orgaznizing government so that policy represents and responds to the public's preferences | 0 | |
| 7264800680 | elite and class theory | argues that society is divided along class lines and that an upperclass elite rules on the basis of its wealth | 1 | |
| 7264805064 | government | instituions that make public policy for a society | 2 | |
| 7264806466 | gross domestic policy (GDP) | the total value of all goods and services produced annually by the United States | 3 | |
| 7264808775 | hyper pluralism | argues that too many strong influential groups cripple the government's ability to make coherent policy by dividing government and its authority | 4 | |
| 7264813746 | Linkage institutions | instituitions such as parties, elections, interest groups, and the media, which provide a linkage between the preferences of citizens and the government's policy agenda. | 5 | |
| 7264817669 | majority rule | weighing the desires of the majority in choosing among policy alternatives | 6 | |
| 7264818617 | minority rights | protecting the rights and freedoms of the minority in choosing among policy alternatives | 7 | |
| 7264820367 | pluralist theory | argues that there are many centers of influence in which groups compete with one another for control over public policy through bargaining and compromise | 8 | |
| 7264823370 | policy agenda | the list of subjects or problems to which people inside and outside government are paying serious attention at any given time | 9 | |
| 7264826694 | policy gridlock | where each interest uses its influence to thwart policies it opposes so that no coalitions forms a majority to establish policy | 10 | |
| 7264828630 | policymaking institutions | institutions such as Congress, the presidency, and the courts established by the Constitution to make policy | 11 | |
| 7264831717 | policymaking system | institutions of government designed to respond to each other and to the priorities of the poeple by governmental action | 12 | |
| 7264834740 | political issue | this arises when people disagree about a problem or about public policy choices made to combat a problem | 13 | |
| 7264838679 | political participation | the ways in which people get involved in politics | 14 | |
| 7264839333 | politics | determines whom we select as our government leaders and what policies they pursue; in other words, who gets what, when, and how | 15 | |
| 7264841494 | public goods | things that everyone can share | 16 | |
| 7264842541 | public policy | a choice that government makes in response to some issue on its agenda | 17 | |
| 7264844250 | representation | the relationship between the leaders and the followers | 18 | |
| 7264845902 | single-issue groups | groups so concerned with one matter that their members cast their votes on the basis of that issue only | 19 |
