TAMU POLS 206 EXAM 1 (KENT)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Government -
correct answer ✅Institution that makes public policy decisions for
a society
Collective Goods -
correct answer ✅Goods and services, such as clean air and clean
water, that by their nature cannot be denied to anyone.
National Government functions -
correct answer ✅Maintain national defence, provide public goods
and services, preserver order and protect public safety, socialize the
young, and collect taxes
Politics -
correct answer ✅The process determining the leaders we select
and the policies they pursue. Politics produces authoritative
decisions about public issues.
Political Participation -
correct answer ✅All activites by which citizens attempt to
influence the selection of political leaders and the polices they
pursue. Most common participation is Voting.
,TAMU POLS 206 EXAM 1 (KENT)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Single issue groups -
correct answer ✅Groups that have a narrow interest, tend to
dislike compromise, and often draw membership from people new
to politics.
Policymaking system -
correct answer ✅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 -
correct answer ✅Channels through which people's concerns
become political issues on the policy agenda. In the US, linkage
instituions include elections, political parties, interest groups and
the media.
Policy Agenda -
correct answer ✅The issues that attract the serious attention of
public officals and other people involved in politics at a point in
time
, TAMU POLS 206 EXAM 1 (KENT)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Political Issue -
correct answer ✅Issue that arises when people disagree on how
to solve them
Policymaking Institutions (What are the 3 policy making
institutions) -
correct answer ✅the branches of government charged with taking
action on political issues
1. Congress
2. Presidency
3. Courts
Public policy -
correct answer ✅A choice a government makes in response to a
political issue
Policy impact -
correct answer ✅Effect of said policy, analyzed to see how well a
policy has met it's goal and how much it costs
Democracy -
correct answer ✅A system of selecting policymakers and of
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Government -
correct answer ✅Institution that makes public policy decisions for
a society
Collective Goods -
correct answer ✅Goods and services, such as clean air and clean
water, that by their nature cannot be denied to anyone.
National Government functions -
correct answer ✅Maintain national defence, provide public goods
and services, preserver order and protect public safety, socialize the
young, and collect taxes
Politics -
correct answer ✅The process determining the leaders we select
and the policies they pursue. Politics produces authoritative
decisions about public issues.
Political Participation -
correct answer ✅All activites by which citizens attempt to
influence the selection of political leaders and the polices they
pursue. Most common participation is Voting.
,TAMU POLS 206 EXAM 1 (KENT)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Single issue groups -
correct answer ✅Groups that have a narrow interest, tend to
dislike compromise, and often draw membership from people new
to politics.
Policymaking system -
correct answer ✅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 -
correct answer ✅Channels through which people's concerns
become political issues on the policy agenda. In the US, linkage
instituions include elections, political parties, interest groups and
the media.
Policy Agenda -
correct answer ✅The issues that attract the serious attention of
public officals and other people involved in politics at a point in
time
, TAMU POLS 206 EXAM 1 (KENT)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Political Issue -
correct answer ✅Issue that arises when people disagree on how
to solve them
Policymaking Institutions (What are the 3 policy making
institutions) -
correct answer ✅the branches of government charged with taking
action on political issues
1. Congress
2. Presidency
3. Courts
Public policy -
correct answer ✅A choice a government makes in response to a
political issue
Policy impact -
correct answer ✅Effect of said policy, analyzed to see how well a
policy has met it's goal and how much it costs
Democracy -
correct answer ✅A system of selecting policymakers and of
