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Exam 1 Current Controversies
Public Policy
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 4
07/14/2008

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Lasswell’s definition of Politics
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Who gets what, when and how.
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Democracy
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Definition: Democracy is a system of selecting policymakers and of organizing government so that policy represents and responds to the public’s preferences.
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Political Culture
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An overall set of values widely shared within a society.
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Public Policy
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Øwhatever the government chooses to do or not to do”
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Political Ideology
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A coherent set of beliefs about politics, public policy, and public purpose
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Who Are the Liberals and Conservatives
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Currently about 38% conservative, 24% liberal, 38% moderate
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Gender gap
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women tend to be less conservative than men
Ideological variation by religion too
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Ideologues: 
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those who think in ideological terms (12 percent)
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Group Benefits voters
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view politics through party label (42 percent)
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Nature of the Times:
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view of politics based on whether times are good or bad (24 percent)
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No issue content
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vote routinely for party or personality (22 percent)
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Political Participation
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all the activities used by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or the policies they pursue
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Civil disobedience
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a form of political participation that reflects a conscious decision to break a law believed to be immoral and to suffer the consequences
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Protest
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a form of political participation designed to achieve policy changes through dramatic and unconventional tactics
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