Final-Politics Flashcards
politics
The ability of people or groups to gain access to government and use its power to influence society.
Countries where people share a national language or culture.
nation state
Political system in which people can directly vote for their representatives or even on specific rules or policies.
democracy
Contacting elected representatives to argue for a particular position.
lobbying
People who believe normal methods of exerting political influence are insufficient or illegitimate.
Activists
Groups organized to push for social change through contentious means. Also called protest movements.
Social movements
Social movements that lead to the fall of governments.
Revolutionary movements
Median voter theory
that democratic governments produce policies defined by the “voter in the middle.”
Elite theory
more privileged groups of people have more influence in society, including politics.
Pluralism theory
policy reflects a balance of interests from different groups in society.
Period after the U.S. Civil War in which civil and political rights for African Americans were expanded in the Southern states.
Reconstruction
National law that made discrimination based on race or ethnicity illegal.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Federal law that barred states from discriminating against Black voters.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Brown v. Board of Education
Supreme Court ruling that ended legally-enforced segregation.
Political position that supports more taxation so governments can provide a wider array of services.
Liberals
