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public goods

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goods, such as clean air and clean water that everyone must share

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government

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the institutions and processes through whichpublic policies are made for a society

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public policy

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a choice that government makes in response to a political issue

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politics

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the proess by which we select our governmental leaders and what policies these leaders pursue

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linkage institutions

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the channels or access points through which issues and people’s policy preferences get on the government’s policy agenda

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checks and balances

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an important part of the Madisonian model designed to limit government’s power by requiring that power be balanced among the different governmental instiutions

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electoral college

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a unique American institution created by the Constitution that provides fro the selection of the president by electors chosen by the state parties

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hyperpluralism

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a theory of government and politics contending that groups are so strong htat government is weakened-exaggerated

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policy gridlock

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no coalition is strong enough to form a majority and establish policy

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federalism

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a way of organizing a nation so that two levels of government have formal authority over the same land and people

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elastic clause

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the final paragraph in Article I which autorizes Congress to pass all lawys “necessary and proper” to cvarry out the enumerated powers

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supremacy clause

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makes the Constitution,national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws when the national government is acting within its constitutional limits

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unfunded mandates

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when federal government requires state and local action but does not provide the funds to pay for the action

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civil liberties

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the legal constitutional protections agains government. formally set down in the Bill of Rights

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affirmative action

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a policy designed to give special attention to or compensatory treatment for members of some previously disadvataged group

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trial balloons

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an intentional news leak for the purpose of assessing the political reaction