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Goods and services Such as clean air and water that by their nature cannot be denied to anyone

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Collective goods

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Institutions through which public policies are made through a society

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Government

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The process determining the leaders we select and the policies they pursue. Politics Produces authoritative decisions about public issues

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Politics

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Activities people do to influence political leaders and what policies they pursue - such as voting, protest, disobedience, contacting political leaders

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Political participation

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Groups who have a narrow interest

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Single issue groups

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Three reasons for acquiring political knowledge

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Fosters civic virtues
Helps Identify policies
Promotes active participation in politics

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Questions about governing

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How much should we spend on national defense compared to education ?

How high should taxes of Medicare and Social Security be?

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5 functions of all National governments

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Maintain national defense
Provide public goods and services
Preserve order 
Socialize the young
Collect taxes
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Who gets what when how

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Harold D. Lasswell’s definition of politics

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Process by which policy comes into being and evolves based off the interests and needs of the people

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Policy making system

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When political concerns become political issues

Such as elections, political parties, interest groups and media

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Linkage institutions

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Strive to gain political attention to their groups interest

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Interest groups

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Issues that affect political officials and other people involved at some point in time

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Policy agenda

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Issue that arises that needs to be fixed

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Political issue

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Policy making institutions

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Take charge of political issues
4 kinds:
Bureaucracy 
Courts
Legislature 
Executive
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Public policy

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Choice government makes in response to an issue
5 types:
Taxes 
Laws
Regulations
Non-decisions
Expenditures
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Effects a policy has on people and problems

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Policy impacts

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System of selecting policy makers and organizing government so that policy reflects citizens preferences

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Democracy

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Majority number us respected

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Majority rule

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Minority number is smaller but guaranteed rights

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Minority rule

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Describes Relationship between few leaders and many followers

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Representation

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Many people with same goal

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Pluralism

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Rich get richer -big money wins

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Elite

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Wants to make everyone happy -many groups

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Hyperpluralism

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Nothing gets done because of too much conflicts

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Policy gridlock

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Overall set of values shared by a society

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Political culture

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Intense commitment to a candidate, culture or ideology that sets people in one group apart from people in another group

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Polarization

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5 criteria for ideal democracy

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Equality in voting effective participation, enlightened understanding, citizen control of agenda, inclusion

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4 challenges to democracy

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Increased complexity of issues, limited participation in government, escalating campaign costs, diverse political interests

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5 elements of the American Creed

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Liberty, egalitarianism, individualism, laissez-faire, populism

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

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Gross domestic product

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Viewpoint of how much government we should have or not have

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Scope of government

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What groups are likely to vote and be politically aware more

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65+

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What was the viewpoint of the framers of the constitution?

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White/elite should only vote and participate in government

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What was the viewpoint of Abe Lincoln of the constitution?

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Government for the people (because he grew up poor)

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What percent of GDP do the local, state and federal governments spend

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1/3

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What methods can people particulate in politics/government

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Vote, campaign, join a pollutant party, send comments to political leaders

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