APGovCh.15.Juan.Jaimes Flashcards
AFL-CIO
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is the largest federation of unions in the United States. It is made up of fifty-five national and international unions, together representing more than 12 million active and retired workers.
American Anti-Slavery Society
The American Anti-Slavery Society (AASS; 1833–1870) was an abolitionist society founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan
American Federation of Labor
The American Federation of Labor was a national federation of labor unions in the United States founded in Columbus, Ohio, in December 1886 by an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor union
Christian Coalition
The Christian Coalition is a nonprofit organization that serves as a powerful lobby for politically conservative causes
Civic Virtue
Civic virtue is morality or a standard of righteous behavior in relationship to a citizen’s involvement in society.
Collective Good
In philosophy, economics, and political science, the common good refers to either what is shared and beneficial for all or most members of a given community, or alternatively, what is achieved by citizenship, collective action, and active participation in the realm of politics and public service.
Disturbance Theory
Disturbance theory is a political postulation by David Truman that states that interest groups form primarily when there are changes in a social environment that upsets the well-beings of some groups of people.
Economic Interest Good
Economic interest groups are one of the five broad categories of interest groups in the US.
Free rider problem
In economics, the free-rider problem occurs when those who benefit from resources, public goods, or services do not pay for them, which results in an underprovision of those goods or services
Honest Leadership and Open government act of 2007
The Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 is a law of the United States federal government that amended parts of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995
Interest Group
Interest group, also called special interest group or pressure group, any association of individuals or organizations, usually formally organized, that, on the basis of one or more shared concerns, attempts to influence public policy in its favour
Jerry Falwell
Jerry Lamon Falwell Sr. was an American Southern Baptist pastor, televangelist, and conservative activist. He was the founding pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church, a megachurch in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Lobbying
seek to influence (a politician or public official) on an issue
Lobbying disclosure act
The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 was legislation aimed at bringing increased accountability to federal lobbying practices in the United States. The law was amended substantially by the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007
Lobbyist
a person who takes part in an organized attempt to influence legislators.
Marian Wright Edelman
Marian Wright Edelman (born June 6, 1939) is an American activist for the rights of children. She has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans for her entire professional life. She is president and founder of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF)
Moral Majority
a political action group formed in the 1970s to further a conservative and religious agenda, including the allowance of prayer in schools and strict laws against abortion
National Association of Manufacturers
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) is an advocacy group headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, with additional offices across the country
Defense Policy
Military policy (also called defence policy or defense policy) is public policy dealing with international security and the military. It comprises the measures and initiatives that governments do or do not take in relation to decision-making and strategic goals, such as when and how to commit national armed force
Department of Defense
Department of Defense. A department of the federal executive branch entrusted with formulating military policies and maintaining American military forces. Its top official is the civilian secretary of defense. It is headquartered in the Pentagon.
Department of Homeland Security
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a cabinet department of the United States federal government with responsibilities in public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries
Department of State
The United States Department of State (DOS), often referred to as the State Department, is the United States federal executive department that advises the President and represents the country in international affairs and foreign policy issues.
Detente
the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.
Deterrence
a thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something.
European Union
European Union. A political union, often called the EU, to which the member states of the EEC are evolving. Based on the Maastricht Treaty, it envisions the eventual establishment of common economic, foreign, security, and justice policies.
Farewell Adress
A Farewell speech or farewell address is a speech given by an individual leaving a position or place. … In the Classics, a term for a dignified and poetic farewell speech is apobaterion, standing opposed to the epibaterion, the corresponding speech made upon arrival
Foreign Policy
a government’s strategy in dealing with other nations.
Foreign policy idealism
Idealism in foreign policy holds that a state should make its internal political philosophy the goal of its foreign policy. For example, an idealist might believe that ending poverty at home should be coupled with tackling poverty abroad. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson was an early advocate of idealism.
Foreign policy realism
the attitude or practice of accepting a situation as it is and being prepared to deal with it accordingly.
Free trade system
Free trade policies generally promote the following features: Trade of goods without taxes (including tariffs) or other trade barriers (e.g., quotas on imports or subsidies for producers) Trade in services without taxes or other trade barriers. … Trade agreements which encourage free trade
Global war on terror
The War on Terror, also known as the Global War on Terrorism, is an international military campaign that was launched by the United States government after the September 11 attacks against the United States.
Gulf War
A war that began in 1990 when Iraq invaded Kuwait and ended in 1991 when a coalition of countries led by the United States expelled the Iraqi army from Kuwait and destroyed much of Iraq’s military capability. Also called Persian Gulf War.
Human Rights
right that is believed to belong justifiably to every person
Iraq War
Iraq War. noun. A protracted military conflict in Iraq that began in 2003 with an attack by a coalition of forces led by the United States and that resulted in the overthrow of Saddam Hussein’s regime. US combat troops were withdrawn in 2010.
Iron Curtain
the notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West prior to the decline of communism that followed the political events in eastern Europe in 1989
ISIS
SIS in British. (ˈaɪsɪs) noun acronym for. Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Isolationism
a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
Public Policy
the principles, often unwritten, on which social laws are based
