Pols Exam 1 Flashcards
the formal group of presidential advisors who head the major departments and agencies of the federal gov’t
Cabinet
an alliance of unlike minded individuals or groups to achieve a common purpose
coalition
difference between what a person ideally would prefer, and what the group with which that person makes collective decisions actually does
conformity costs
an approach to direct democracy in which a proposal is placed on an election ballot when a petitions meets the requisite
initiative
the discrepancy between what citizens ideally would like their agents to do and how they act
agency loss
impermanent power granted by Congress to the President to negotiate international trade agreements
Fast-Track authority
power given by a state to a locality to enact legislations and manage its own affairs locally.
home rule
result of legislative vote trading
log roll
a theory describing a political system in which all significant social interests freely compete with one another for influence over the government’s policies
pluralism
public goods or bad generated as byproducts of private activity
externality
state power –> national power
nationalization
offers most explicit endorsement of federalism in the constitution
10th amendment
political convention used to select a candidate to run in an upcoming election
nominating convention
practice that permitted political parties to exclude African Americans from voting in primary elections
white primary
judicial rule prohibiting the police from using evidence obtained through unlawful search and seizure
exclusionary rule
