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| System of selecting policymakers and a way of organizing gov't so the policy reflects citizen's preferences. |
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| Effects a policy has on people and on society's problems. |
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Every decision a government makes.
EX: Laws, Budget, Rulings |
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| Policymaking Institutions |
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Places where policymakers work.
EX: Congress, Presidency, Courts |
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| Result of people disagreeing about a problem. |
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| Issues that attract the serious attention of public officials. |
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| When each policy coalition is blocked by others. |
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Many competing groups are so strong, that gov't is weakened.
Limits ability to make policy. |
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| Society is divided by class, and upper-class pulls strings of gov't. |
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Groups with shared interests influence policy by pressing concerns through organized efforts.
EX: NRA, UAW |
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| The process by which we select our government leaders and what policies these leaders pursue. |
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| Desires of people are replicated in gov't through choice of elected officials. |
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| The institutions that make decisions for a society. |
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Restraints on majority rule that protect the rights of the minority.
EX: Freedom of Speech |
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| Policys made should reflect the will of over 1/2 the voters. |
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The channels in which peoples concerns get to be issues.
EX: Political Parties, Interest Groups, Media |
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| Gross Domestic Product (GDP) |
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| Total value of all goods and services produced by the USA. |
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| Overall set of values widely shared within American society. |
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Process which policy creates and evolves.
How gov't responds to priorities of people. |
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Groups with a narrow interest; often dislike compromise.
Draw membership from people new to politics. |
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| Goods, such as clean air and clean water, that everyone must share. |
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All activities used by citizens to influence selection of political leaders of policies.
EX: Voting, Protest, Civil Disobedience |
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