Chapter 1-2

Question 1

institutions that make public policy for society

Answer 1

government

Question 2

determines whom we select as our government leaders and what policies they pursue; in other words, who gets what, when, and how.

Answer 2

politics

Question 3

the ways in which people get involved in politics

Answer 3

political participation

Question 4

groups so concerned with one matter that their members cast their votes on the basis of that issue only.

Answer 4

single issue groups

Question 5

institutions of government designed to respond to each other and to the priorities of the people by governmental action.

Answer 5

policy making system

Question 6

govt’s list of priorities are paying serious attention at any given time.

Answer 6

policy agenda

Question 7

this arises when people disagree about a problem or about public policy choices made to combat a problem.

Answer 7

policy issue

Question 8

institutions such as Congress, the presidency, and the courts established by the Constitution to make policies.

Answer 8

policy making institutions

Question 9

a choice that government makes in response to some issue on its agenda; everything the gov’t decides to do.

Answer 9

public policy

Question 10

a means of selecting policymakers and of organizing government so that policy represents and responds to the public’s preferences.

Answer 10

democracy

Question 11

weighing the desires of the majority in choosing policy alternatives.

Answer 11

majority rule

Question 12

protecting the rights and freedoms of the minority in choosing among policy alternatives.

Answer 12

minority rights

Question 13

here each interest uses its influence to thwart policies it opposes so that no coalition forms a majority to establish policy.

Answer 13

policy gridlock

Question 14

he relationship between the leaders and the followers.

Answer 14

representation