POLI 2051 HOGAN EXAM 1 WITH VERIFIED DETAILED
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SOLUTIONS
government - ✔✔the institutions through which public policies are made for a society;
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congress, president, courts, bureaucracy
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collective goods - ✔✔goods and services such as clean air and water that by their
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nature cannot be denied to anyone
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politics - ✔✔the process of determining the leaders we select and the policies they
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pursue; authoritative decisions about public issues
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single issue groups - ✔✔groups that have a narrow interest on which their members
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tend to take an uncompromising stance
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policymaking system - ✔✔the process by which policy comes into being and evolves
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linkage institutions - ✔✔the political channels through which peoples concerns
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become political issues on the policy agenda; elections, media, political parties
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policy agenda - ✔✔the issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and
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other politicians
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political issue - ✔✔an issues that arises when people disagree about a problem and
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how to fix it
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,policymaking institutions - ✔✔the branches of government charged with taking action
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on political issues
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public policy - ✔✔a choice that government makes in response to a political issue
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policy impacts - ✔✔the effects a policy has on people and problems
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democracy - ✔✔a system of selecting policymakers and of organizing government so
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that policy represents and responds to the publics preferences
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majority rule - ✔✔choosing among alternatives requires the majority desire be
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respected
minority rights - ✔✔guarantees rights to those who do not belong to majorities
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representation - ✔✔describes the relationship between few leaders and many
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followers
pluralism - ✔✔policymaking is open to the participation of all groups with shared
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interest
elitism - ✔✔an upper-class elite holds the power and makes policy
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hyper-pluralism - ✔✔groups are so strong that government gives into the groups and || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
is weakened
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policy gridlock - ✔✔a condition that occurs when interests conflict and no coalition is
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strong enough to form a majority
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, political culture - ✔✔an overall set of values widely shared within a society
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gross domestic product - ✔✔the sum total of the value of all the goods and service
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produced in a year in a nation || || || || || ||
constitution - ✔✔a nations basic law; creates political institutions assigns or divides
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power in government and often provides certain guarantees to citizens; can be written
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or unwritten
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declaration of independence - ✔✔the document approved by representatives of the
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american colonies in 1776 that stated their grievances against the british monarch and
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declared their independence || ||
natural rights - ✔✔rights inherent in human beings not dependent on governments
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which include life liberty and property written by john locke
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consent of the governed - ✔✔the idea that government derives its authority from the
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people
limited government - ✔✔the idea that certain restrictions should be placed on
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government to protect the natural rights of citizens || || || || || || ||
articles fo confederation - ✔✔first constitution of the u.s. established the continental
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congress as the national legislature but left most authority with the state legislatures
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shays rebellion - ✔✔a series of attacks on court houses by a small band of farmers led
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by revolutionary war captain daniel shays to blockade foreclosure proceedings
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SOLUTIONS
government - ✔✔the institutions through which public policies are made for a society;
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congress, president, courts, bureaucracy
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collective goods - ✔✔goods and services such as clean air and water that by their
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nature cannot be denied to anyone
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politics - ✔✔the process of determining the leaders we select and the policies they
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pursue; authoritative decisions about public issues
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single issue groups - ✔✔groups that have a narrow interest on which their members
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tend to take an uncompromising stance
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policymaking system - ✔✔the process by which policy comes into being and evolves
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linkage institutions - ✔✔the political channels through which peoples concerns
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become political issues on the policy agenda; elections, media, political parties
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policy agenda - ✔✔the issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
other politicians
||
political issue - ✔✔an issues that arises when people disagree about a problem and
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how to fix it
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,policymaking institutions - ✔✔the branches of government charged with taking action
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on political issues
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public policy - ✔✔a choice that government makes in response to a political issue
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policy impacts - ✔✔the effects a policy has on people and problems
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democracy - ✔✔a system of selecting policymakers and of organizing government so
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that policy represents and responds to the publics preferences
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majority rule - ✔✔choosing among alternatives requires the majority desire be
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respected
minority rights - ✔✔guarantees rights to those who do not belong to majorities
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representation - ✔✔describes the relationship between few leaders and many
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followers
pluralism - ✔✔policymaking is open to the participation of all groups with shared
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interest
elitism - ✔✔an upper-class elite holds the power and makes policy
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hyper-pluralism - ✔✔groups are so strong that government gives into the groups and || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
is weakened
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policy gridlock - ✔✔a condition that occurs when interests conflict and no coalition is
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strong enough to form a majority
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, political culture - ✔✔an overall set of values widely shared within a society
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gross domestic product - ✔✔the sum total of the value of all the goods and service
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produced in a year in a nation || || || || || ||
constitution - ✔✔a nations basic law; creates political institutions assigns or divides
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power in government and often provides certain guarantees to citizens; can be written
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
or unwritten
||
declaration of independence - ✔✔the document approved by representatives of the
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
american colonies in 1776 that stated their grievances against the british monarch and
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
declared their independence || ||
natural rights - ✔✔rights inherent in human beings not dependent on governments
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which include life liberty and property written by john locke
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consent of the governed - ✔✔the idea that government derives its authority from the
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people
limited government - ✔✔the idea that certain restrictions should be placed on
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
government to protect the natural rights of citizens || || || || || || ||
articles fo confederation - ✔✔first constitution of the u.s. established the continental
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
congress as the national legislature but left most authority with the state legislatures
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shays rebellion - ✔✔a series of attacks on court houses by a small band of farmers led
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by revolutionary war captain daniel shays to blockade foreclosure proceedings
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