Vocab.

Question 1

Government

Answer 1

The institutions and processes through which public policies are made for a society

Question 2

Public goods

Answer 2

Goods, such as clean air and clean water, that everyone must share.

Question 3

Politics

Answer 3

The process by which we select our governmental leaders and what policies these leaders persue. Politics produce authoritative decisions about public issues.

Question 4

Political participation

Answer 4

All the activities used by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or the policies they pursue. voting is the must common one.

Question 5

Single-issue gruops.

Answer 5

Groups that have a narrow interest, tend to dislike compromise, and often draw membership from people new to politics.

Question 6

Policymaking system

Answer 6

The process by which policy comes into being and evolves over time. People´s interests, problems and concerns create political issues for government policymakers.

Question 7

Linkage institutions.

Answer 7

The polotical channels through which people´s concerns become political issues on the policy agenda. Linkage intitutions include elections, political elections, interest groups, and the media.

Question 8

Policy agenda

Answer 8

The issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other people actually involved in politics at any given point in time.

Question 9

Political issue.

Answer 9

An issue that arises when people disagree about a problem and how to fix it.

Question 10

Policymaking institutions

Answer 10

The branches of government charged with taking action on political issues. They´re three, The Congress, The Presidency and The Courts.

Question 11

Public policy

Answer 11

A choice that government makes in response to a political issue. Policy is a course of action taken with regard to some problem.

Question 12

Democracy

Answer 12

A system of selecting policymakers and of organizing government so taht policy represents and responds to the public´s preferences.

Question 13

Majority rule

Answer 13

A fundamental principle of traditional democratic theory. in a democracy, choosing among alternativies requires that majority´s desire be respected.

Question 14

Minority rights

Answer 14

A principle of traditional democratic theory that guarantees rights to those who do not belong to majorities and allows that they might join majorities through persuasion.

Question 15

Representation

Answer 15

Traditional democratic theory that describes the relationship between the few leaeders and many followers.

Question 16

Pluralist theory

Answer 16

Theory of government and politics emphasizing that politics is mainly a competition among groups, each one pressing for its own prefered politicies.

Question 17

Elite and class theory

Answer 17

Theory of government and politics contending that societies are divided along class lines and that an upper-class elite will rule.

Question 18

Hyperpluralism

Answer 18

Theory of government and politics contending that groups are so strong that government is weakened.

Question 19

Policy gridlock

Answer 19

Condition that occurs when no coalition is strong enough to form a mojority and establish policy. The result is that nothing may get done.

Question 20

Gross domestic problem

Answer 20

The sum total of the value of all tthe goods and services produced in a nation.

Question 21

Individualism

Answer 21

The belief that individuals should be left on their own by the government.