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AP Gov Chapter 1 Voc

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Goverment   show
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Collective Goods   show
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show The process determining the leaders we select and the policies they pursue. Politics produces authoritative decisions about public issues.  
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show Groups that have a narrow interest on which their members tend to take an uncompromising stance  
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show The process by which policy comes into being and evolves. People's interests, problems, and concerns creat political issues for goverment policymakers. These issues shape policy, which in turn impacts people, generating more interests, problems, and conce  
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Linkage Institutions   show
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Policy Agenda   show
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Policy (political) issue   show
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Policymaking Institution   show
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Policy Impacts   show
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Public Policy   show
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show A system of selecting policymakers and of organizing government so that policy represents and responds to the public’s preferences.  
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show A fundamental principle of traditional democratic theory. In a democracy, choosing among alternatives requires that the majority’s desire be respected.  
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Minority Rights   show
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show A basic principle of traditional democratic theory that describes the relationship between the few leaders and the many followers.  
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show A theory of American democracy emphasizing that the policymaking process is very open to the participation of all groups with shared interests, with no single group usually dominating. Pluralists tend to believe that as a result, public interest generally  
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Elitism   show
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show A theory of American democracy contending that groups are so strong that government, which gives in to the many different groups, is thereby weakened.  
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show A condition that occurs when interests conflict and no coalition is strong enough to form a majority and establish policy, so nothing gets done.  
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Political Culture   show
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