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Chapter 1 Terms
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- 1GovernmentThe institutions and processes through which public policies are made for a society
- 2Public GoodsGoods, such as clean air and clean water, that everyone must share.
- 3PoliticsThe process by which we select our governmental leaders and what policies these leaders pursue. Politics produces authoritative decisions about public issues.
- 4Political ParticipationAll the activities used by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or the policies they pursue. The most common, but not the only, means of political participation in a democracy is voting.
- 5Single-Interest GroupsGroups that have a narrow interest, tend to dislike compromise, and often draw membership from people new to politics. These features distinguish them from traditional interest groups.
- 6Policymaking systemProcess by which political problems are communicated by the voters and acted upon by government policymakers. When people confront government officials with problems that they want solved, they are trying to influence the government's policy agenda.
- 7Linkage InstitutionsThe channels or access points through which issues and people's policy preferences get on the governments policy agenda
- 8Policy AgendaA set of policies or issues to be addressed or pursued by an individual or group. Also a set of underlying motives for political policy.
- 9Political IssueAn issue that arises when people disagree about a problem and a public policy
- 10Policymaking InstitutionThe branches of government charged with taking action on political issues. The U.S. Constitution established three policymaking institutions-the congress, the presidency, and the courts. Today, the power of the bureaucracy is so great that most political scientist consider it a fourth policy making institution
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