Intro to Gov and he Constitution
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U.S. Constitution [10]
Key Terms 8/30/11 7:14 PM Basic Government Terminology Government: an institution through which society creates and enforces policy Policy: laws, acts, statutes (also known as ?public policy?) Policy Making System: the way or process in which policy (law) is made Politics: the way a society decides how power will be allocated in government Government Institutions: Congress, the President, the Courts (semi-institution: Bureaucracy) Linkage Institutions: those entities that link you to government institutions and the policy making system; also link government institutions to one another interest groups, political parties, mass media Domestic Policy: policy dealing only with the United States education, health care