basics

Question 1

Government

Answer 1

Set of authoritative institutions by which a geographically defined group of people organizes itself to achieve their common goals

Question 2

Politics

Answer 2

The process that people use to determine what their government will do

Question 3

Public Policy

Answer 3

Consists of government’s decisions and actions that are designed to achieve the common goals identified by the political process for that jurisdiction

Question 4

Comparative Method

Answer 4

Uses variation among states to explore and understand the broader forces at work in politics and government

Question 5

Political Ideology

Answer 5

A relatively coherent and consistent set of beliefs about who ought to rule, what principles ought to be used to govern, and what policies rulers ought to pursue

Question 6

Political Culture

Answer 6

What people in a group or region generally believe about government and politics; what they think government ought to do and how people should act towards it

Question 7

Moralistic

Answer 7

Government is a variable tool to improve social conditions

Question 8

Traditionalistic

Answer 8

Government and politics viewed as proper place for social and economic elites. Government maintains order/status quo

Question 9

Individualistic

Answer 9

Corruption tolerated to make government work, has no problem with government helping people to achieve their goals

Question 10

Federalism

Answer 10

a political system in which power and authority are divided between two or more levels of government

Question 11

Intergovernmental Relations

Answer 11

the interactions among the federal government, the states, and local government

Question 12

Devolution

Answer 12

decentralization of power and authority from a central government

Question 13

Centralization

Answer 13

reverses the flow, empowering a national governing authority with unitary control and authority