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Ch 4-6 Definitions Flashcards

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Dual Federalism

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1) National government rules by enumerated powers only
2) National government has a limited set of constitutional purposes
3) each government unit, national and state, is sovereign within its sphere
4) relationship between nation and state is best characterized by tension than cooperation (1787-1930’s)

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States Rights

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All rights not specifically conferred on the national government by the United States Constitution are reserved to the states

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Cooperative Federalism

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(1930’s-mid 1960’s) hey Siri of the relationship between national and state government’s where the constitution is in agreement among the people who are citizens of both state and nation, so there is much overlap between state powers and national powers

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Forces that can promote change in the relationship between national government and the state

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1) National crisis and demands
2) judicial interpretations
3) expansion of grants-in-aid
4) professionalization of state governments

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Commerce Clause

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Third clause of article 1, section 8, of the Constitution, which gives Congress the power to regulate commerce among the states

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Grants-in-aids

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Money provided by one level of government to another to be spent for a given purpose

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Categorical Grants

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Grant-in-aid targeted for a specific purpose by either formula or project

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Formula Grants

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Categorical grants distributed according to a set of rules, called a formula, that specify who is eligible for the grants and how much each eligible applicants will receive

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Project Grants

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Categorical grants awarded on the basis of competitive application submitted by prospective recipients to perform a specific task or function

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Block Grants

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Grant-in-aid awarded for general purposes, allowing for a great discussion and spending

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Entrepreneurs

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Citizens, members of interest groups, or public officials who champion particular policy ideas

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Preemption

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The power of Congress to enact laws by which the national government assumes total or partial responsibility for a state government function

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Mandate

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A requirement that a state undertake an activity or provide a service, in keeping with minimum national standards

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Restraint

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A requirement laid down by act of Congress, prohibiting a state or local government from exercising a certain power

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Coercive Federalism

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A view holding that the national government may impose its policy preferences on the states through regulations in the form of mandates and restraints

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Redistricting

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The process of redrawing political boundaries to reflect changes in population

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Municipal Governments

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The government units that administer a city or town

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County Governments

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The government units that administer a county

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School District

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The government units that administers elementary and secondary school programs

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Special Districts

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Government units created to perform a particular function, especially when those functions are best performed across jurisdictional boundaries (i.e. Fire protection, water purification/distribution)

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Home Rule

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The right to enact and enforce legislation locally

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The New Deal

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President Roosevelt’s response to the depression- Emergency relief programs designed to stimulate economy and aid the unemployed, which required state cooperation and came with regulations attached that extended National Government power and control over the states

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Skewed Distribution

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An asymmetrical but generally bell-shaped distribution of options; it’s mode, or most frequent a response, lies off to one side

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Bimodel Distribution

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A distribution of opinions that shows two responses being chosen about as frequently as each other

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Normal Distribution

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A symmetrical bell shaped distribution of opinions centered on a single mode, or most frequent response

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Stable Distribution

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A distribution of opinions that shows a little change over time

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Political Socialization

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The complex process by which people acquire their political values

  • agents of early socialization: Family, school, community and peers
  • effects on public opinion: education, income, region, ethnicity and race, religion, gender
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Socioeconomic Status

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Position in society. A measure of a persons social condition based on a combination of education, occupational status, and income.

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Key principles that characterize early learning

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  • The primacy principle – what is learned first is learned best
  • The structuring principle – what is learned first structures later learning
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Gender Gap

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Women tend to identify with the Democratic Party more than men doable vote as such

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Self-interest Principle

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The implication that people choose what benefits them personally

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Issue Framing

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The way that politicians or interest group leaders define an issue when presenting it to others

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Public Opinion

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The collective attitudes of citizens concerning a given issue or question

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Mass Media

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The means employed and mass communication; traditionally divided into print and broadcast media

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Media Sources

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Newspaper, magazines, radio, television, Internet

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Attentive Policy Elites

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Leaders who follow news in specific policy areas

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Two-step flow of communication

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The process in which a few policy leaders gather information and then inform their more numerous followers, mobilizing them to apply pressure to government

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Blog

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A form of newsletter, journal, or log of thoughts for public reading, usually devoted to social or political issues and often updated daily. “Weblog”

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Aggregators

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Collect and post stories from other news sources online: Yahoo! News and Google News

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Newsworthiness

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The degree to which a news story is important enough to be covered in the mass media

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Market-driven Journalism

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Reported news and running commercials geared towards a target audience defined by demographic characteristics

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Infotainment

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A mix of information and diversion orientated to personalities or celebrities, not linked to the days events, and usually unrelated to public affairs or policy: often called softness

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FCC- Federal Communications Commission

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An independent federal agency that regulates interstate and international communication by radio, television, telephone, telegraph, cable and satellite

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Gatekeepers

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Media, executive, news editors, and prominent reporters who directed the flow of news

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Horse Race Journalism

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Election coverage by the mass media that focuses on which candidate is ahead rather than on national issues

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Media Event

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A situation that is so newsworthy is that the mass media are compelled to cover it. Candidates in elections often create such situations to garner media attention

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Television Hypotheses

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I believe the television is to blame us for the low level of citizens knowledge about public affairs

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Soft News

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General Entertainement programming that often includes discussions of political affairs

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Political Agenda

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A list of issues that need a government attention

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Going Public

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A strategy whereby a president seeks to influence policy elites and media coverage by appealing directly to the American people

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Note

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Now more than ever, it is possible to find some type of coverage on nearly any topic from nearly any political viewpoint. Citizens need to act as their own editors and learn how to judge whether information they find is complete and backed up with sufficient evidence.

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Watchdog Journalism

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Scrutinizes public and business institutions and publicizes perceived misconduct

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90% of US media outlets are controlled by only six large corporations

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  • GE: Comcast, NBC, Universal Pictures, Focus Features
  • News-Corp-Fox: Wall Street Journal, New York Post
  • Disney: ABC, ESPN, Pixar, Miramax, Marvel Studios
  • Viacom: MTV, Nick Jr, BET, CMT, Paramount Pictures
  • Time Warner: CNN, HBO, Time, Warner Bros
  • CBS: Showtime, Smithsonian Channel, NFL.com, Jeopardy, 60 Minutes

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