Chapter One GVPT

The right to make and implement a decision.

• authority

• bargaining

• bicameralism

• cabinet

• coalition

A form of negotiation in which two or more parties who disagree propose exchanges and concessions to find a course of acceptable collective action.

• authority

• bargaining

• bicameralism

• cabinet

• coalition

The practice of having two legislative or parliamentary chambers that share power.

• authority

• bargaining

• bicameralism

• cabinet

• coalition

The formal group of presidential advisers who head the major departments and agencies of the federal government. Cabinet members are chosen by the president and approved by the Senate.

• authority

• bargaining

• bicameralism

• cabinet

• coalition

An alliance of unlike-minded individuals or groups to achieve some common purpose such as lobbying, legislating, or campaigning for the election of public officials.

• authority

• bargaining

• bicameralism

• cabinet

• coalition

An action taken by a group of like-minded individuals to achieve a common goal.

• collective action

• collective goods

• compromise

• conformity costs

• constitution

Goods that are collectively produced and freely available for anyone’s consumption.

• collective action

• collective goods

• compromise

• conformity costs

• constitution

Settlement in which each side concedes some of its preferences in order to secure others.

• collective action

• collective goods

• compromise

• conformity costs

• constitution

The difference between what a person ideally would prefer and what the group with which that person makes collective decisions actually does. Individuals pay conformity costs whenever collective decisions produce policy outcomes that do not best serve their interests.

• collective action

• collective goods

• compromise

• conformity costs

• constitution

A document outlining the formal rules and institutions of government and the limits placed on its powers.

• collective action

• collective goods

• compromise

• conformity costs

• constitution