Ch 1 Vocab

Question 0

Public goods

Answer 0

Services provided by the govt for everyone and cant be denied to anyone

Question 1

Government

Answer 1

Institutions that make authoritative decisions for any given society

Question 2

Politics

Answer 2

Determines whom we select as our governmental leaders and what policies these leaders pursue

Question 3

Political participation

Answer 3

Ways in which people get involved in politics

Question 4

Single issue groups

Answer 4

Groups so concerned with one issue that members cast their votes on the basis of tht issue only ignoring a politician’s stand on everything else

Question 5

Policymaking system

Answer 5

Reveals the way our govt responds to the priorities of its people. Process by which policy comes into being and evolves over time

Question 6

Linkage institutions

Answer 6

Channels which ppl’s concerns become political issues on the policy agenda(incl elections,pol parties,interest groups & the media)

Question 7

Policy agenda

Answer 7

Issues that attract serious attention of public officials and other people actively involved in politics at any given time

Question 8

Political issue

Answer 8

Issue that arises when ppl disagree about a problem and how to fix it

Question 9

Policymaking institutions

Answer 9

Branches of govt charged w/taking action on pol issues. uS constitution est 3 of them-congress,the presidency,& the courts

Question 10

Public policy

Answer 10

Choice that the govt makes in rssponse to pol issue

Question 11

Policy impacts

Answer 11

Effects a policy has on ppl and society’s problems

Question 12

Democracy

Answer 12

System of selecting policymakers and organizing govt so that policy represents and respond’s to public’s preferences

Question 13

Majority rule

Answer 13

In choosing among alternatives, the will of over half the voters should be followed

Question 14

Minority rights

Answer 14

Guarantees rights to those who dont belong to majorities

Question 15

Representation

Answer 15

Relationship btwn the few leaders and many followers

Question 16

Pluralist theory

Answer 16

Groups with shared interests influence public policy by pressing their concerns through organized efforts

Question 17

Elite and class theory

Answer 17

Contends that our society is divided along class lines & that an upper class elite pus the steings of govt

Question 18

Hyperpluralism

Answer 18

Groups are so strong that govt is weakened

Question 19

Policy gridlock

Answer 19

Occurs when eacg coalition is blocked by others and unable to form a mjority & est policy

Question 20

Political culture

Answer 20

Overall set of values widely shared within a society

Question 21

Gross domestic product

Answer 21

Sum total of the value of all the goods& services produced in a nation