Government Ch 1 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
conservative | believing in less government, lower taxes, strong national defense, and personal responsibility |
government | institutions that create public policy |
politics | who gets what, when, how, and why |
public policy | the final actions taken by government in promotional, regulatory, or distributive form |
pluralism | different groups all vying for control of the policy agenda |
elite and class theory | economic stratum of society controlling the policy agenda |
hyperpluralism | many interest groups vying for control resulting in government gridlock |
liberal | believer in greater government intervention, higher taxes, and a smaller military |
policy agenda | type of agenda resulting from the interaction of linkage institutions |
linkage institutions | the means by which individuals can express public policy preferences |
loose construction | liberal interpretation of the Constitution |
strict construction | conservative interpretation of the Constitution |
political parties | like-minded people who seek to win elections and therefore set public policy |
representative democracy | government that relies on the consent of the people to operate |
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