AP GOVERNMENT Flashcards

7264797830	democracy	a means of selecting policy makers and of orgaznizing government so that policy represents and responds to the public's preferences	0
7264800680	elite and class theory	argues that society is divided along class lines and that an upperclass elite rules on the basis of its wealth	1
7264805064	government	instituions that make public policy for a society	2
7264806466	gross domestic policy (GDP)	the total value of all goods and services produced annually by the United States	3
7264808775	hyper pluralism	argues that too many strong influential groups cripple the government's ability to make coherent policy by dividing government and its authority	4
7264813746	Linkage institutions	instituitions such as parties, elections, interest groups, and the media, which provide a linkage between the preferences of citizens and the government's policy agenda.	5
7264817669	majority rule	weighing the desires of the majority in choosing among policy alternatives	6
7264818617	minority rights	protecting the rights and freedoms of the minority in choosing among policy alternatives	7
7264820367	pluralist theory	argues that there are many centers of influence in which groups compete with one another for control over public policy through bargaining and compromise	8
7264823370	policy agenda	the list of subjects or problems to which people inside and outside government are paying serious attention at any given time	9
7264826694	policy gridlock	where each interest uses its influence to thwart policies it opposes so that no coalitions forms a majority to establish policy	10
7264828630	policymaking institutions	institutions such as Congress, the presidency, and the courts established by the Constitution to make policy	11
7264831717	policymaking system	institutions of government designed to respond to each other and to the priorities of the poeple by governmental action	12
7264834740	political issue	this arises when people disagree about a problem or about public policy choices made to combat a problem	13
7264838679	political participation	the ways in which people get involved in politics	14
7264839333	politics	determines whom we select as our government leaders and what policies they pursue; in other words, who gets what, when, and how	15
7264841494	public goods	things that everyone can share	16
7264842541	public policy	a choice that government makes in response to some issue on its agenda	17
7264844250	representation	the relationship between the leaders and the followers	18
7264845902	single-issue groups	groups so concerned with one matter that their members cast their votes on the basis of that issue only	19