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| 8490063171 | Government | 1. the institutions (Legislative, Executive, Judiciary) & bureaucracy through which public policies are made 2. the political and administrative organization of a state | 0 | |
| 8490063172 | Public | government | 1 | |
| 8490063173 | Private | not government | 2 | |
| 8490063174 | Policy | any decision on any issue (local, state, national) | 3 | |
| 8490063175 | Public Policy | a decision government makes on an issue | 4 | |
| 8490063176 | Politics | 5 | ||
| 8490063177 | Subsidy | a sum of money granted by the government | 6 | |
| 8490063178 | Constitutionalism | the belief that a government should be based on a constitution | 7 | |
| 8490063179 | People | Beginning of policy making system. All Americans have interests, problems, and concerns that they want to be addressed by government. | 8 | |
| 8490063180 | Linkage Institutions | institutions that link the people to the policy makers (e.g., parties, elections, media, interest groups) | 9 | |
| 8490063181 | Policy Agenda | issues that the people want dealt with | 10 | |
| 8490063182 | Policymaking Institutions | scan issues on the policy agenda and select which ones they consider important and address them (legislature, executive, courts, bureaucracy) | 11 | |
| 8490063183 | Policy | a decision that government makes on an issue | 12 | |
| 8490063184 | Types of Politics | 13 | ||
| 8490063185 | Majoritarian | benefits are distributed; costs are distributed (everyone pays and everyone benefits) | 14 | |
| 8490063186 | Entrepreneurial | benefits are distributed; costs are concentrated (few pay, everyone benefits) | 15 | |
| 8490063187 | Client Policies | benefits are concentrated; costs are distributed (everyone pays, few benefit) | 16 | |
| 8490063188 | Interest Groups | benefits are concentrated; costs are concentrated (few pay & few benefit) | 17 | |
| 8490063189 | Three ways to classify government | 1. distribution of power 2. executive-legislative relationship 3. those allowed to participate | 18 | |
| 8490063190 | 1. Distribution of Power | 19 | ||
| 8490063191 | A. Unitary (national) | power vested in the central government | 20 | |
| 8490063192 | B. Confederate | power flows from the states to the national | 21 | |
| 8490063193 | C. Federal | power is divided between state and national | 22 | |
| 8490063194 | 2. Executive | Legislative Relationship | 23 | |
| 8490063195 | A. Parliamentary | executive is a member of the legislature | 24 | |
| 8490063196 | B. Presidential | executive is not a member of the legislature (separation of powers) | 25 | |
| 8490063197 | 3. Those Allowed to Participate | 26 | ||
| 8490063198 | A. Dictatorship | 27 | ||
| 8490063199 | B. Democracy | 28 | ||
| 8490063200 | i. Direct | town members decide | 29 | |
| 8490063201 | ii. Indirect (representative) aka republic | citizens elect official to represent them | 30 | |
| 8490063203 | Three Concepts of Government from England | Limited Government, Ordered Government, Representative Government | 31 |
