AP Government Chapter 1

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Across
  1. 5. Institutions through which public policies are made for society
  2. 8. political parties elections, interest groups and media transmit American's preferences to policymakers in government
  3. 9. every choice that government makes in response to a political issues
  4. 10. issues arise when people disagree about problems and how to fix it
  5. 11. system of selecting policymakers and of organizing government so policy represents and responds to public preferences
  6. 14. theory guaranteeing rights to those not in majority
  7. 15. groups with narrow interest and so concerned with one issue
  8. 16. effects policy has on people and problems
  9. 19. theory of American democracy contending that the upper class elite holds the power and makes policy regardless of the formal governmental organization
  10. 21. theory of American democracy emphasizing that the policymaking process is very open to the participating of all groups with shared interests, with no single group usually dominating
  11. 22. Process of determining leaders we select and policies they pursue, produces authoritative decisions about public issues
  12. 23. when interests conflict and no coalition is strong enough to form a majority and establish a policy
Down
  1. 1. something in which any member of society can share without diminishing the supply to any other member of society
  2. 2. ways people get involved in politics
  3. 3. branches of government that take action on political issues. U.S. has 3 (Congress, presidency, courts, and 4th is bureaucracy)
  4. 4. an overall set of values widely shared within a society
  5. 6. policies should reflect will of over half the voters
  6. 7. process policy forms and evolves
  7. 12. desires of people should be replicated in government through the choices of elected officials
  8. 13. Goods and services that by their nature cannot be denied to anyone
  9. 17. the sum total of the value of the goods and services produced in a year in a nation
  10. 18. theory of American democracy contending that groups are so strong that government, which gives in to the many different groups is thereby weakened
  11. 20. issues that attract serious attention of public officials and other people involved in politics at a point of time