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Flashcards by Jordan Hilder, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Jordan Hilder
about 11 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Government | The institution through which public policies are made for a society |
| Collective Goods | Resources that everyone is entitled to |
| Politics | The process determining who are representatives are and what their policies are |
| Political Participation | Civics, how citizens contribute to politics: voting, donations, relaying information |
| Single Issue Groups | political parties that have a strict stance on a single policy; green party |
| Policymaking Systems | The way the government and people shape issues, solve problems, and create laws |
| Linkage Institution | The cycle of how peoples' problems get exposed to the government and solved, (or not) |
| Policy Agenda | Issues that attract the attention of politicians and the people |
| Political Issue | An issue that arises among peoples' disagreement; politicians and people collaborate on how, or how not, to fix it |
| Policy making Institutions | The separate branches of government tasked on solving problems |
| Public Policy | A choice the government makes upon a political issue |
| Policy Impacts | The effect public policies have on people |
| Democracy | The political system of selecting political representatives and the goal of the government is to serve the people |
| Majority Rule | The majority of people always get their way |
| Minority Rights | Rights belong to all people; even those who do not agree with the majority |
| Representation | The political leaders in a democracy must cater to their people |
| Pluralism | All political parties can participate in government; groups with shared interests are prevalent |
| Elitism | The theory that the upper class/ rich people control politics |
| Hyper pluralism | The theory that two opposing political parties will have all the power and crush smaller parties out of the system |
| Policy Gridlock | When a policy is debated by both sides and no middle ground can be found |
| Political Culture | An overall set of values widely shared within a society; we all have a right to trial. |
| Gross Domestic Product | The sum of all the goods and services produced in a year within a nation |
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