Edwards, Government in America 2012, ch. 1 Flashcards

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