AP Flashcards

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