AP Government Chapter 1
Across
- 6. a condition that occurs when interests conflict and no coalition is strong enough to form a majority and establish policy, so nothing gets done
- 7. a theory of American democracy contending that an upper-class elite holds the power and makes policy, regardless of the formal governmental organization
- 11. the issues that atract the serious attention of public officials and other people involved in politics at a point in time
- 12. groups that have a narrow interest on which their members tend to take an uncompromising stance
- 13. the process of determining the leaders we select and the policies they pursue
- 14. a theory of American democracy emphasizing that the policymaking process is very open to the participation of all groups with shared interessts with no single group usually dominating; as a result, public interest generally prevails
- 15. a basic principle of traditional democratic theory that describes the relationship between the few leaders and the many followers
- 16. the institutions through which public policies are made for a society
- 17. a principle of traditional democratic theory that guaratees rights to those who do not belong to majorities
- 18. the process by which policy comes into being and evolves; peoples interests, problems, and concerns create issues for policymakers to resolve
- 19. an issue that arises when people disagree about a problem and how to fix it
- 20. a system of selecting policymakers and of organizing government so that policy represents and responds to the public's preferences
- 21. goods and services, such as clean air and clean water, that by their nature cannot be denied to anyone
Down
- 1. a choice that government makes in response to a political issue; a policy is a course of action atake with regard to some problem
- 2. an overall set of values widely shared within a society
- 3. the political channels through which peoples concernes become political issues on the policy agenda
- 4. the branches of government charged with taking action on political issues; congress, presidency, courts
- 5. a theory of American democracy contending that groups are so strong that government, which gives in to the many different groups, is thereby weakened
- 8. a fundamentalist principle of traditional democratic theory; in a democracy, choosing among alternatives requires that the majority's desire be respected
- 9. all the activities by which citizens attempt to influence the selection of political leaders and the policies they pursue, voting, contacting public officials, protest, civil disobedience
- 10. GDP, the sum total of the value of all the goods and services produced in a year in a nation
- 11. the effects a policy has on people and problems; analyzed to see how well a policy has met its goal and at what cost