Ap Government Unit one Flashcards
issue
conflict between citizens with different beliefs
politics
discussing, negotiating, arguing, using force, persuading people to agitate or solve conflict
authority
the right to use power
power
a person getting someone to act in accordance to the first persons wishes
elite
an identifiable group who has a disproportionate share of some valued source (political power)
class view
wealthy run everything (economists, capitalists)
power elite view
business men, military, labor unions, or by people with private power that don’t directly hold office run the government
bureaucratic view
appointed bureaucrats run everything
pluralist view
political resources (money, media, expertise) is so spread out no one person/group can control the governemnt
creedal passion view
the morally impassioned elite drive change
political agenda
problems people think require the government
benefit
the satisfaction the people believe they will get if a policy is adopted
cost
the burden the people must bear/believe they bear if a policy is adopted
majoritarian politics
politics where almost everyone benefits and almost everyone pays (social security)
- interest groups aren’t as needed here because you benefit even if you do nothing
- CONFLICTS come from ideology and costs rather than interests (how MUCH)
intrest group politics
a policy where one small group benefits and another small group pays
- these policies are fought hard by both sides because the outcome is really effective
-public usually remains uninformed unless the issue passes into a law
client politics
a policy where one small group benefits but almost everyone pays (clients of the government)
- because a small group benefits they will organize to fight for it
- because everyone pays the cost is spread out and people who pay it may not be aware or may not even care
log-rolling
a legislator supports a proposal favored by another in return for his/her support
entrepreneurial politics
a policy where almost everyone benefits and a small group pays
– these policies are rarely passed because interests groups )determined minority) can fight to prevent it from happening and beneficiaries may not care enough to fight back
policy entrepreneurs
people who work outside of the government to represent the unorganized majority
- do this so that the minority determination is matched by the majority which therefore will pass entrepreneurial policies
New Jersey plan
proposal to create a weak national government
- unicameral legislature
- equal representation among states
- elected to congress by states
-national judiciary chooses by executive
-congress has powers regulating commerce and taxing
shays rebellion
1787 a group of ex-revolutionary soldiers with debt and high taxes feared losing porpeprtu to creditors forcibly prevented courts in Wester MA from sitting
Virginia plan
proposal to create a strong national government
- bicameral legislature
- representations based on population
- at least one house was elected to congress by the people
-national legislature has supreme power on certain matters
great compromise
combines the VA plan and NJ plan
- two houses (senate for the small states) and House of Representatives (for the big states)
- one executive chooses by electoral college
- national judiciary chooses by president with advice and consent of the senate
- all bills originate in the House
judicial review
power of Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional (limited power of majority)
