AP Gov Chapter 1 vocab

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Institutions making public policies for society.

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Government

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The process by which policy evolves.

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Policymaking system

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Set of values widely shared in society

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political culture

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Groups with a narrow interest and uncompromising stance.

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Single-issue group

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Political channels for concerns to become issues (parties, elections, interest groups, media, etc.)

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Linkage Institutions

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Issues capturing political attention at a given time

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Policy agenda

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The process determining elected leaders and their policies.

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Politics

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Goods and services that cannot be denied to anyone.

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Collective goods

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System for selecting policymakers and organizing government to reflect public preferences.

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Democracy

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Democratic theory where multiple groups compete for compromise, with no single group dominating.

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Pluralism