Policy-Making Process Vocabulary

Question 1

Political Agenda

Answer 1

issues that people believe require governmental action

Question 2

Cost

Answer 2

a burden that people believe they must bear if policy is enacted

Question 3

benefit

Answer 3

a satisfaction that people believe they will enjoy if a policy is enacted

Question 4

majoritarian politics

Answer 4

a policy in which almost everybody benefits and almost everybody pays

Question 5

interest group politics

Answer 5

a policy in which one small group benefits and another small group pays

Question 6

client politics

Answer 6

a policy in which one small group benefits and almost everybody pays

Question 7

Pork-barrel legislation

Answer 7

legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return

Question 8

logrolling

Answer 8

a legislator supports a proposal favored by another in return for support of his or hers

Question 9

entrepreneurial politics

Answer 9

a policy in which almost everybody benefits and a small group pays the costs

Question 10

policy entrepeneurs

Answer 10

activists in or out of government who pull together a political majority on behalf of unorganized interests

Question 11

process regulation or social regulation

Answer 11

rules governing commercial activities designed to improve consumer, worker, or environmental conditions

Question 12

regulatory policy

Answer 12

results in government control over individuals and businesses (eg environmental and consumer protection)