AP Gov Flashcards

14846498768	Political Participation	All the activities used by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or the policies they pursue	0
14846501937	Single-issue groups	Groups that have a narrow interest, tend to dislike compromise, and often draw membership from people new to politics.	1
14846504038	Policymaking Systems	The process by which policy comes into being and evolves over time. People's interests, problems, and concerns create political issues for government policymakers. These issues shape policy, which in turn impacts people, generating more interests, problems, and concerns.	2
14846504039	Linkage institutions	The channels through which people's concerns become political issues on the government's policy agenda. Includes elections, political parties, interest groups, and the media.	3
14846507514	policymaking institutions	the branches of government charged with taking action on political issues	4
14846509309	public policy	A choice that government makes in response to a political issue. A policy is a course of action taken with regard to some problem.	5
14846512975	majority rule	In a democracy, choosing among alternatives requires that the majority's desire be respected.	6
14846512976	minority rights	A principle of traditional democratic theory that guarantees rights to those who do not belong to majorities.	7
14846515547	pluralist theory	A theory of government and politics emphasizing that politics is mainly a competition among groups, each one pressing for its own preferred policies.	8
14846517142	elite and class theory	A theory of government and politics contending that societies are divided along class lines and that an upper-class elite will rule, regardless of the formal niceties of governmental organization.	9
14846517143	hyper pluralism	a theory of government and politics contending that groups are so strong that government is weakened	10
14846520916	policy gridlock	A condition that occurs when interests conflict and no coalition is strong enough to form a majority and establish policy, so nothing gets done.	11