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Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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Authoritarianism

A

unlimited power; no formal limits

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2
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Classical Conservatism

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Civic Virtue; Whats right/wrong ; urbanization; economic protectionism; limted suffrage; (John Adams)

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3
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Direct Democracy

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People participate with gov instead of having representatives

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4
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Elite Theory

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Small group of people that make policies

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5
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Government

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How society organizes and allocating authority

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6
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Ideology

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beliefs and ideals that shape opinions

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7
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Laissez Faire

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Gov leaves economy alone

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Classical Liberalism

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Individual liberties (Thomas Jefferson)

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9
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Conservatism

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Laissez Faire; Civic virtue

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Liberalism

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Laissez Faire; individual liberties

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Libertarianism

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Individual rights; liimted gov in private life and personal economic decisions; Gov should maintain freedom and security

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12
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Oligarcy

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Many rulers

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13
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Pluralist Theory

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Political power rests in hands of many

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14
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Progressivism

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Gov should solve problems and social welfare is their responsibility

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15
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Representative Democracy

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form of gov voters elect representatives

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16
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Totaliarianism

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Gov has all power citizens have no rights

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17
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Agenda Setting

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Issue attention(Is the issue recognized as an issue by enough of the right people)

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Entitlement

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Program that guarantees benefits to members of a group or population

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Implementation

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When laws are being put into action

20
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Incrementalism

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Path dependancy; use same solution to solve different problems(even if it doesnt make sense)

21
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Great Society

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War on poverty; Medicaid/Medicare; Civil rights act

22
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Medicare

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Health insurance for elderly and disabled

23
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Medicaid

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Medical assistance to low income people

24
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New deal

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Social Security; Unemployment; Public Works; Food Stamps;

25
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Social Security

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Welfare policy for people who no longer recieve an income

26
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Social Welfare

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Ensure some level of equity

27
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Policy adoption

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Choosing one of the plans as THE plan

28
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Policy Enactment

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Making the law

29
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Policy Evalluation

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Assessing how well the plan worked

30
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Policy Formation

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Proposal of different solutions

31
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Public Policy

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Broad Strategy gov used to do its job

32
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Rational Comprehensive Model

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Weighing costs and benefits

33
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Social Darwinism

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What social classes owe to each other

34
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Systems Model

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Cycle of Inputs > Government > Outputs > environment >

35
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Balance of power

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All militaries are equal in power

36
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Cold War

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USA Vs Russia; Nuclear threats; Truman Doctrine;

37
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Containtment

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Effort by US to prevent spread of communism

38
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Diplomacy

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Establishment and maintenance of a formal relationship between countries

39
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Foreign Policy

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Gov’s goals in dealing with other countries and the strategy used to achieve them

40
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Free Trade

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Flow of goods between itself and others

41
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Isolationism

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foreign policy approach that advocates to keeping to itself

42
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Internationalism

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Nation secures interests through engagement with other nations

43
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Marshall Plan

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US Providing aid to western Europe after WW II

44
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Protectionism

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Country does not permit other countries to sell things within its borders or charges them high tariffs to do so

45
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United Nations

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International organization of nation states; seeks to promote peace, international relations, and economic/environmental programs

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War by proxy

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When something acts on behalf of other parties that are not directly involved

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