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| 37865534 | government | the institutions and processes through which public policies are made for a society. | |
| 37865535 | public goods | Goods such as highways and public parks that everyone must share. | |
| 37865536 | politics | The process by which we select our gov. leaders and what policies these leaders pursue . Politics produces authoritative decisions about public issues. Ex. voting, protest, civil disobedience. | |
| 37865537 | political participation | All the activities used by citizens to influence the selections of political leaders or the policies they pursue. | |
| 37865538 | single-issue groups | groups that have narrow interest tend to dislike compromise, and often draw membership from people new politics. These features distinguish them from traditional interest groups. | |
| 37865539 | policy making system | The process by which policy comes into being and evolves over time. People's interests, problems,and concerns create political issues for government policymakers.These issues shape policy, which in turn impacts people, generation more interest,problems, and concerns. | |
| 37865540 | linkage institutions | The political channels through which people's concerns become political issues on the policy agenda. In the United States, linkage institutions include elections, political parties, interest groups, and the media. | |
| 37865541 | policy agenda | The issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other people actually involved in politics at any given point in time. | |
| 37865542 | political issue | an issue that arises when people disagree about a problem and how to fix it. | |
| 37865543 | policy making institutions | the branches of government charged with taking action on political issues. The U.S. constitution is established congress, presidency and the courts as policy making institutions. bureaucracy is so great that political scientist consider it a fourth policy making institution. | |
| 37865544 | public policy | a choice that government makes in response to a political issue. A policy is a course of action taken with regard to some problem. | |
| 37865545 | democracy | a system of selecting policymakers and of organizing government so that policy rapresents and responds to the public's preferences. | |
| 37865546 | majority rule | A fundamental principle of traditional democratic theory. In a democracy, choosing among alternatives requires that the majority's desire be respected. | |
| 37865547 | minority rights | 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. | |
| 37865548 | representation | A basic principle of traditional democratic theory that describes the relationship between the few leaders and the many followers. | |
| 37865549 | pluralist theory | A theory of government and politics emphasizing that politics is mainly a competition among groups, each one pressing for its own preferred policies. | |
| 37865550 | elite and class theory | A theory of government and politics contending that societies are divided along class lines and that an upperclass elite will rule, regardless of the formal niceties of governmental organization. | |
| 37865551 | hyperpluralism | A theroy of govrment and politics contending that groups are so strong that governent is weakened. Hyperlism is an extreme, exaggerated, or perverted form of pluralism | |
| 37865552 | policy gridlock | A condition that occurs when no coalition is strong enough to form a majority and establish a policy. The result is thst nothing may get done | |
| 37865553 | gross domestic product | The sum total of the value of all the goods and services produced in a nation. | |
| 37865554 | individualism | the belief that individual should be left on their own by the government. One of the primary reasons for the comparatively small scope of American government is the prominence of this belief In American political thought and practice. |
