Government Vocab 2022

Single Issue Group

• A system of selecting policymakers and of organizing government so that policy represents and responds to the public’s references

• A choice that government makes in response to a political issue. Policy is a course of action according to the issue

• Groups that have a narrow interest on which their members tend to take an uncompromising stance

• The issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other people involved

Linkage Institutions

• The political channels through which people’s concerns become political issues on the policy agenda

• A choice that government makes in response to a political issue. Policy is a course of action according to the issue

• A fundamental principle of traditional democratic theory. In a democracy, choosing among alternatives requires that the majority’s desire be respected

• Groups that have a narrow interest on which their members tend to take an uncompromising stance

Policy Agenda

• Citizens participate individually and directly in political decisions and policies that affect their lives

• The power of the courts to determine whether acts of Congress and those of the executive branch are in accord with the US Constitution

• A form of government in which people elect representatives to govern them and make laws

• The issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other people involved

Public Policy

• A fundamental principle of traditional democratic theory. In a democracy, choosing among alternatives requires that the majority’s desire be respected

• A condition that occurs when interests conflict and no coalition is strong enough to form a majority and establish policy, so nothing gets done

• A choice that government makes in response to a political issue. Policy is a course of action according to the issue

• A system of selecting policymakers and of organizing government so that policy represents and responds to the public’s references

Democracy

• The issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other people involved

• A system of selecting policymakers and of organizing government so that policy represents and responds to the public’s references

• Theory created by subject of the people

• A theory of American democracy contending that an upper-class elite holds the power and makes policy, regardless of the form of governmental organization

Majority Rule

• A fundamental principle of traditional democratic theory. In a democracy, choosing among alternatives requires that the majority’s desire be respected

• A choice that government makes in response to a political issue. Policy is a course of action according to the issue

• Citizens participate individually and directly in political decisions and policies that affect their lives

• The power of the courts to determine whether acts of Congress and those of the executive branch are in accord with the US Constitution

Policy Gridlock

• Groups that have a narrow interest on which their members tend to take an uncompromising stance

• The power of the courts to determine whether acts of Congress and those of the executive branch are in accord with the US Constitution

• A principle of traditional democratic theory that guarantees rights to those who do not belong to majorities

• A condition that occurs when interests conflict and no coalition is strong enough to form a majority and establish policy, so nothing gets done

Minority Rights

• A principle of traditional democratic theory that guarantees rights to those who do not belong to majorities

• A condition that occurs when interests conflict and no coalition is strong enough to form a majority and establish policy, so nothing gets done

• Theory created by subject of the people

• A system of selecting policymakers and of organizing government so that policy represents and responds to the public’s references

Republic

• Citizens participate individually and directly in political decisions and policies that affect their lives

• A form of government in which people elect representatives to govern them and make laws

• A system of selecting policymakers and of organizing government so that policy represents and responds to the public’s references

• Theory created by subject of the people

Popular Sovereignty

• A form of government in which people elect representatives to govern them and make laws

• a theory of American democracy arguing that a wide variety of interest groups have become empowered with the ability to veto policy change, thereby leading to regular gridlock in Washington

• Theory created by subject of the people

• The issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other people involved