| Term | Definition |
|---|
| political agenda | deciding what to make public policy about |
| public policy legitimacy | influenced by: shared political values, customs and traditions, impact of events, changes in what political elites think |
| cost | the perceived burden that a policy will create |
| benefit | the perceived satisfaction that a policy will create |
| majoritarian politics | policies that promise benefits to many at a cost to many |
| interest group politics | policies that promise benefits to a small group at a cost to a small group |
| client politics | policies that promise benefits to a small group at a cost to many |
| entrepreneurial politics | policies that promise benefits to a large group at a cost to a small group |
| pork barrel legislation | gives benefits to a small group of constituents while being paid for by federal tax dollars in the hopes of votes for a legislator |
| logrolling | Mutual agreement to vote for legislation for one in return for the vote for an other's legislation |
| Superfund sites | toxic waste sites that are an example of entrepreneurial politics |
| process regulation | rules aimed at improving consumer or worker safety and reducing environmental damage |
| sequester | automatic, across the board cuts in certain federal programs when Congress and the President can't agree on spending |
| deregulation | The "letting go" of the government control over prices for industries. A classic case of entrepreneurial politics. Regulation would be client. |
| relative deprivation | Being deprived of something one perceives as being entitled to. |
| majoritarian controversies | arise over matters of cost or ideology |
| media and public policy | choose which public policy proposals to cover |
| courts and public policy | force action by other branches of government to enact policies |
| monetarists | recommend that government increase the money supply at a rate equal to the growth in productivity |
| pocketbook issue | preoccupies politicians just before an election |
| Reagan lower taxes and increased spending | He stimulated the economy and created large deficits |
| Gramm-Rudman Balanced Budget Act of 1985 | Called for cutting the budget automatically until the deficit was eliminated |
| means test | income qualification that determines whether one is eligible for benefits under government programs reserved for lower income groups |
| Presidential Powers | Negotiate treaties and appoint ambassadors, thus greater in foreign affairs than in domestic ones |
| Congressional control over purse strings | Most important check on the presidential power in foreign affairs |
| Foreign Policy | Became the first item on the president's agenda during and after WWII |
| military budget | covers... big ticket hardware (bombers), readiness items (food), and military personnel |
| personnel | the most expensive big ticket item in the defense budget |
| big ticket item cost overruns | Military officials want the best that $$$ can buy! |
| Joint Chief of Staff | Include the uniformed heads of each branch of the military service. |
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