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defenitions

Government The governing body of a nation and a community
Collective Goods Goods that benefit every individual
Politics The process of picking our government officials and their policies
Political Participation Ways in which citizens attempt to influence selection of their political leaders. ex. voting
Single issue groups Groups having a narrow interest in certain things and members take an uncompromising stance
Policy Making System When a policy starts to evolve. Peoples interests cause problems for the government policymaking systems
linkage institutions channels in which people's concerns become political issues on the policy agenda
Policy agenda issues that attract the attention of public officials
political issue issues that arise when people begin to disagree
policy making institutions government branches charged with taking care of political disagreements
public policy government choices made in response to a political issue
policy impacts the effect a policy has on a community or group
democracy the people voting for the government officials based on what they support
majority rule traditional principle of the democratic theory. when the majority rules
minority rights rights given to protect the people of smaller groups
representation describes the relationship between the leaders and followers
pluralism emphasizes the policy making process, open to participation of all groups with a shared interest and no one group dominates
elitism the upper class holds all the power and makes policies
hyperpluralism all groups are given so much power that it weakens the government
policy gridlock the government comes to a stop, nothing can happen anymore
political culture values shared within a society
gross domestic product the total of all goods and services produced by a nation in one year
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