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AP Gov Chapter 2 Key Terms

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US Gov and Politics
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public goods political participation policymaking system policy agenda policymaking institutions policy impacts majority rule representation elitism policy gridlock gross domestic product government politics single-issue groups linkage institutions political issue public policy democracy minority rights pluralism hyperpluralism political culture
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Ch 1 Vocab

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US Gov and Politics
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Politics
elections
sociology
Pluralism
Policy
public policy
Democracy
Collaborative e-democracy
Index of politics articles
Social Issues
behavior
Human development
Interpersonal relationships
Love
Psychoanalysis
Attachment theory
Ethology
Personal life
Technology

Chapter 1 Vocabulary AP US Gov Name ______________ Smith Period _____ Date _____ Directions: Match the term with its definition. Place the correct letter on the line beside each definition. (21 points) _____1. A system of selecting policymakers and of organizing government so that policy represents and responds to the public?s preferences. _____2. Goods, such as clean air and clean water, that everyone must share _____3. All the activities use by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or the policies they pursue. Voting is an example. _____4. The process by which policy comes into being and evolves over time. People?s interest, problems, and concerns create political issues for government policymakers.

Chapter 1 Vocab

Subject: 
US Gov and Politics
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Politics
elections
sociology
Pluralism
Policy
public policy
Democracy
Collaborative e-democracy
Index of politics articles
Social Issues
behavior
Human development
Interpersonal relationships
Love
Psychoanalysis
Attachment theory
Ethology
Personal life
Technology

Chapter 1 Vocabulary AP US Gov Name ______________ Smith Period _____ Date _____ Directions: Match the term with its definition. Place the correct letter on the line beside each definition. (21 points) _____1. A system of selecting policymakers and of organizing government so that policy represents and responds to the public?s preferences. _____2. Goods, such as clean air and clean water, that everyone must share _____3. All the activities use by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or the policies they pursue. Voting is an example. _____4. The process by which policy comes into being and evolves over time. People?s interest, problems, and concerns create political issues for government policymakers.

Chapter 2 Dye Models of Politics

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US Gov and Politics
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behavior
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Policy
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Impact evaluation
Program evaluation

Impact of policy is measured through: 1) target group 2) impact on group other than the target group 3) future 4) direct Costs 5) indirect costs -Everything pertaining to policy has to be measured both symbolically and tangibly. - Politics used to be: Who gets what, when and how - Politics has become: who feels what, when and how Ways government agencies review policies: 1) hearings and reports 2) site visits 3) comparison with professional standards 4) evaluation of complaints What government can do about evaluations: -must weigh cost against benefits -comparing what has happened with the policy against what would have happened with out it -Comparison between areas with the policy to that without the policy Experimental policy research:

Chapter 1 Dye Policy Analysis

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Policy-public policy is whatever government chooses to do or not to do/ a projected program of goals, values and practices. -today people expect government to do a great many things for them -understanding the causes and consequences of policy decisions improves our knowledge of society -policy studies helps us learn about the linkage between social and economic conditions in society -policy studies incorporate the ideas and methods of economics, sociology, anthropology, psycology, history, law and public administration -public policy can be studied for political purposes to ensure that the nation adopts the "right" policies to achieve the "right" goals -policy analysis is finding out what governments do, why they do it and what
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