Study sets matching "government politics"
Study sets
Diagrams
Classes
Users
Bureaucracy
Patronage
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Civil service
According to Max Weber, a hierarchical authority structure tha…
One of the key inducements used by political machines. A patro…
Passed in 1883, an Act that created a federal civil service so…
A system of hiring and promotion based on the merit principle…
Bureaucracy
According to Max Weber, a hierarchical authority structure tha…
Patronage
One of the key inducements used by political machines. A patro…
Bureaucracy
Patronage
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Civil service
According to Max Weber, a hierarchical authority structure tha…
One of the key inducements used by political machines. A patro…
Passed in 1883, an Act that created a federal civil service so…
A system of hiring and promotion based on the merit principle…
Bureaucracy
According to Max Weber, a hierarchical authority structure tha…
Patronage
One of the key inducements used by political machines. A patro…
citizen
right
issue
conservative
He is a _________ of the U.S. = someone who legally belongs to…
In the U.S. people have the _______ to vote when they are 18.…
Abortion is a big ________ in the U.S. = a subject or problem…
He has a __________ attitude about marriage and doesn't suppor…
citizen
He is a _________ of the U.S. = someone who legally belongs to…
right
In the U.S. people have the _______ to vote when they are 18.…
citizen
right
issue
conservative
He is a _________ of the U.S. = someone who legally belongs to…
In the U.S. people have the _______ to vote when they are 18.…
Abortion is a big ________ in the U.S. = a subject or problem…
He has a __________ attitude about marriage and doesn't suppor…
citizen
He is a _________ of the U.S. = someone who legally belongs to…
right
In the U.S. people have the _______ to vote when they are 18.…
citizen
right
issue
conservative
He is a _________ of the U.S. = someone who legally belongs to…
In the U.S. people have the _______ to vote when they are 18.…
Abortion is a big ________ in the U.S. = a subject or problem…
He has a __________ attitude about marriage and doesn't suppor…
citizen
He is a _________ of the U.S. = someone who legally belongs to…
right
In the U.S. people have the _______ to vote when they are 18.…
Demo and Kratia
People and Power
Through representation
Edmund Burke
State the two Greek words that define the origins of democracy
What do these words mean in English?
How do the people rule Britain?
Who is associated with the concept 'Burkean Representation'?
Demo and Kratia
State the two Greek words that define the origins of democracy
People and Power
What do these words mean in English?
independent Regulatory Agencies
Federal Communications Commissions
Central Intelligence Agency
thickening
agencies that are quasi-legislative and quasi-judicial in natu…
1. Regulates airways.... 2. Regulates interstate and internationa…
an independent agency of the United States government responsi…
becoming more intricate or complex
independent Regulatory Agencies
agencies that are quasi-legislative and quasi-judicial in natu…
Federal Communications Commissions
1. Regulates airways.... 2. Regulates interstate and internationa…
Anti-Federalist
Amendment requirements
Articles of Confederation
Bicameral Legislature
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
America's 1st constitution from 1781-1789. it provided a weak…
A legislature made up of two parts, called chambers
Anti-Federalist
An individual who opposed the ratification of the new Constitu…
Amendment requirements
1) Propose: 2/3 House+2/3 Senate... Ratify: 3/4 state legislature…
politics
institution
Social Contract
government
The struggle over power or influence within organizations or i…
an ongoing organization that performs certain functions for so…
A theory of politics that asserts that individuals form politi…
the institution in which decisions are made that resolve confl…
politics
The struggle over power or influence within organizations or i…
institution
an ongoing organization that performs certain functions for so…
Election
Constituency
Manifesto
Mandate
A process where citizens are given the opportunity to chose re…
A sub-division of a community, such as a country or a state, w…
A statement produced by a political party detailing the polici…
The authority to govern granted by the voters to the winning p…
Election
A process where citizens are given the opportunity to chose re…
Constituency
A sub-division of a community, such as a country or a state, w…
Abstract Review
anarchism
authoritarian regimes
bicameral legislature
the power of judicial review that allows courts to decide on q…
an ideology believing that private property and capitalism lea…
regimes that limit the role of the public in decision making a…
legislatures with two chambers
Abstract Review
the power of judicial review that allows courts to decide on q…
anarchism
an ideology believing that private property and capitalism lea…
Ballot paper
Cabinet
Coalition
Constitution
A piece of paper on which a voter records his or her vote
The group of select government ministers that meets regularly…
A government that becomes possible because two or more parties…
A document which sets out how Australia is governed; allocates…
Ballot paper
A piece of paper on which a voter records his or her vote
Cabinet
The group of select government ministers that meets regularly…
AP US GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS GLOSSARY
Term
•affirmative action.
•amendment (constitutional).
...
Definition
Policy or program designed to redress historic injustices comm…
Changes in, or additions to, a constitution. Proposed by a two…
AP US GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS GLOSSARY
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Term
Definition
Federalism
Unitary System
Confederal System
Elastic Clause
A system of government in which power is divided by a written…
A centralized government system in which local or subdivisiona…
A system consisting of a league of independent states, each ha…
Clause that says Congress can do whatever is necessary to exec…
Federalism
A system of government in which power is divided by a written…
Unitary System
A centralized government system in which local or subdivisiona…
Bureaucracy
Patronage
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Civil service
According to Max Weber, a hierarchical authority structure tha…
One of the key inducements used by political machines. A patro…
Passed in 1883, an Act that created a federal civil service so…
A system of hiring and promotion based on the merit principle…
Bureaucracy
According to Max Weber, a hierarchical authority structure tha…
Patronage
One of the key inducements used by political machines. A patro…
political spectrum
liberal
conservative
moderate
a concept for representing different political stances in rela…
A person who believes that government should be active in supp…
A person who believes in the value of established and traditio…
A person who holds political views that are not extreme or rad…
political spectrum
a concept for representing different political stances in rela…
liberal
A person who believes that government should be active in supp…
politics
government
institutions
why is a government necessary?
-the process of resolving conflicts and deciding "who gets wha…
-the preeminent institution in which decisions are made that r…
an ongoing organization that preforms a certain functions for…
-defense and national security ... -no individual (regardless of…
politics
-the process of resolving conflicts and deciding "who gets wha…
government
-the preeminent institution in which decisions are made that r…
citizen
right
issue
conservative
He is a _________ of the U.S. = someone who legally belongs to…
In the U.S. people have the _______ to vote when they are 18.…
Abortion is a big ________ in the U.S. = a subject or problem…
He has a __________ attitude about marriage and doesn't suppor…
citizen
He is a _________ of the U.S. = someone who legally belongs to…
right
In the U.S. people have the _______ to vote when they are 18.…
politics
institution
government
order
The struggle over power or influence within organizations or i…
an ongoing organization that performs certain functions for so…
the preeminent institution in which decisions are made that re…
a state of peace and security. Maintaining order by protecting…
politics
The struggle over power or influence within organizations or i…
institution
an ongoing organization that performs certain functions for so…
In what way does the supreme court chec…
Under the articles of confederation, so…
the constitution as ratified in 1788 mo…
the connecticut compromise addressed wh…
the court can declate legislation passed by congress unconstit…
states
the principle of limited government
representation of the states in a bicameral legislature
In what way does the supreme court chec…
the court can declate legislation passed by congress unconstit…
Under the articles of confederation, so…
states
"Coattails Effect"
"Horse-Race"Journalism
"Leaking" a story
"Rank and File"
the ability of a presidential candidate to pull members of the…
Election coverage by the mass media that focuses on which cand…
releasing information that is supposed to be kept confidential
These voters are registered as a party member but only partici…
"Coattails Effect"
the ability of a presidential candidate to pull members of the…
"Horse-Race"Journalism
Election coverage by the mass media that focuses on which cand…
Government
Democracy
Representation
Majoritarian
The institution through which public policies are made for a s…
A system of selecting policymakers and of organizing governmen…
A basic principle of traditional democratic theory that descri…
Rule by majority
Government
The institution through which public policies are made for a s…
Democracy
A system of selecting policymakers and of organizing governmen…