Chp. 1 Vocab

Question 0

Government example

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Congress, the president, The courts, and federal administrative agencies.

Question 1

Government

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The institutions that make authoritative decisions for any given society

Question 2

What does government do?

Answer 2

Government maintains a national defense, provides public services, collects taxes, and preserves order.

Question 3

Politics

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Determines who we select as a government leaders and what policies these leaders pursue.

Question 4

Political participation

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It is the ways in which the people get involved in politics.

Question 5

Political participation example

Answer 5

Voting

Question 6

Single-issue groups

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Groups so concerned with one issue that members cast their votes on the basis of that issue only while ignoring a politicians stand on everything else

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Single issue groups example

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Groups of activist dedicated to either outlawing abortion or to preserve abortion-rights

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Policymaking system

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The channels or access points that are which issues and people’s policy preferences get on the governments policy agenda

Question 9

Example of linkage institution

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In the US elections, political parties, interest groups, and the mass media are the three main linkage institutions

Question 10

Policy agenda

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The issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other people actually involved in politics at any given point in time

Question 11

Policymaking institutions

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The branches of government charged with taking action on political issues. Ex: The constitution established three policymaking institutions including the Congress, the presidency, and the courts.

Question 12

Pluralist theory

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Theory of government and politics emphasizing the that politics is mainly a competition among groups

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Elite theory

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A theory of government and politics contending that societies are divided along class lines and that an upper class elite will rule, regardless of the formal niceties of the government.

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Hyperpluralism

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Theory of government and politics contending that groups are so strong that government is weakened. Extreme perverted form of Pluralism

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Pluralism

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The condition or system in which two or more states, groups,principles, sources of authority coexist

Question 16

Policy gridlock

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A condition that occurs when no coalition (an alliance for combined action) is strong enough to form a majority and establish policy. The result is that nothing may get done.

Question 17

Political culture

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Overall set of values widely shared within a society