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Government - -The institution through which a society makes and enforces
its public policies
-Functions of Government - -Maintain a national defense, provide public
services, preserve order, socialize the young, and collect taxes
-Politics - -the process of determining the leaders we select and the policies
they pursue. politics procedures authoritative decisions about public issues.
-political participation - -All the activities used by citizens to influence the
selection of political leaders or the policies they pursue
-single-issue groups - -Groups that have a narrow interest, tend to dislike
compromise, and often draw membership from people new to politics.
-policymaking system - -The process by which policy comes into being and
evolves. People's interests, problems, and concerns create political issues for
government policymakers. These issues shape policy, which in turn impacts
people, generating more interests, problems, and concerns.
-linkage institutions - -the political channels through which people's
concerns become political issues on the policy agenda
-public policy - -A choice that government makes in response to a political
issue. A policy is a course of action taken with regard to some problem.
-policy impacts - -The effects a policy has on people and problems. Impacts
are analyzed to see how well a policy has met its goal and at what cost.
-Democracy - -A system of selecting policymakers and of organizing
government so that policy represents and responds to the public's
preferences.
-ideal democratic process - -1. Equality in voting.
2. Effective participation
3. Enlightened. understanding.
4. Citizen control of the agenda.
5. Inclusion
, -majority rule - -A fundamental principle of traditional democratic theory. In
a democracy, choosing among alternatives requires that the majority's
desire be respected.
-minority rights - -A principle of traditional democratic theory that
guarantees rights to those who do not belong to majorities.
-representation - -A basic principle of traditional democratic theory that
describes the relationship between the few leaders and the many followers.
-Pluralism - -A theory of government that holds that open, multiple, and
competing groups can check the asserted power by any one group.
-Elitism - -A theory of government and politics contending that an upper-
class elite will hold most of the power and thus in effect run the government.
-Hyperpluralism - -a theory of government and politics contending that
groups are so strong that government is weakened
-policy gridlock - -A condition that occurs when interests conflict and no
coalition is strong enough to form a majority and establish policy, so nothing
gets done.
-political culture - -an overall set of values widely shared within a society
-Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - -The sum total of the value of all the goods
and services produced in a nation
-Constitution - -A nation's basic law. It creates political institutions, assigns
or divides powers in government, and often provides certain guarantees to
citizens. Constitutions can be either written or unwritten.
-Declaration of Independence - -the document recording the proclamation
of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence
of the colonies from Great Britain
-Natural Rights - -Rights inherent in human beings, not dependent on
governments, which include life, liberty, and property. The concept of natural
rights was central to English philosopher John Locke's theories about
government and was widely accepted among America's Founders.
-consent of the governed - -The idea that government derives its authority
by sanction of the people.
-Limited Government - -The idea that certain restrictions should be placed
on government to protect the natural rights of citizens.
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