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| 7059644739 | politics | the process of determining government leaders and policies | 0 | |
| 7059645436 | linkage institutions | the political channels through which people's concerns become political issues on the policy agenda (elections, political parties, interest groups, media) | 1 | |
| 7059647785 | policy agenda | the issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other people involved in politics at a point in time | 2 | |
| 7059649596 | public policy | a position taken by government in response to a political issue | 3 | |
| 7059650428 | democracy | a system of government in which supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected representatives | 4 | |
| 7059652300 | pluralism | the theory of American government that groups with shared interests influence public policy by pressing their concerns through organized efforts | 5 | |
| 7059660933 | elitism | the theory that elites hold the power in American government | 6 | |
| 7059665623 | hyperpluralism | the theory that American government is weakened by groups trying to influence government in too many ways, crippling government's ability to make policy | 7 | |
| 7059668275 | political culture | the overall set of political values shared within a society | 8 | |
| 7059671121 | gross domestic product | the total value of all goods and services produced each year in the U.S. | 9 | |
| 7059672080 | collective goods | goods and services that by their nature cannot be denied to anyone (air, water, highways, etc.) | 10 |
