Chapter 12 Pt. 2

Question 0

Politics

Answer 0

The connection of the people to their goverment. Politics is connected with who gets what, when, where, and how from the goverment

Question 1

Public policy

Answer 1

A specific course of action goverment takes to address a problem

Question 2

Policy makers

Answer 2

Individuals and groups that make the actual choices to create public policy

Question 3

Distributive policy

Answer 3

A public policy that provides to all groups in society

Question 4

Redistributive policy

Answer 4

A policy that provides to one group of society but takes away from another

Question 5

Zero-sum game

Answer 5

A policy that takes from one group to give to another

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Reverse distibutive

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A policy that reduces benefits for all groups

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Non decision

Answer 7

A decision not to decide

Question 8

Policy agenda

Answer 8

The list of issues that the federal goverment pays attention to

Question 9

Think tank

Answer 9

A nongovernmental agency that seeks to influence public policy through research and educations

Question 10

Issue-attention cycle

Answer 10

The movement of the public opinion from enthusiasm to not so thrilled

Question 11

Incremental policy

Answer 11

Small adjustments to existing public policy

Question 12

Punctuating policy

Answer 12

Radical changes to public policy only when majority of society wants it to

Question 13

Iron triangle

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Tightly related Alliance of congressional committee, interest groups, and federal departments

Question 14

Issue network

Answer 14

Loosely related interest groups, congressional committee, presidential aids