Chapter 1- Intro To Gov Flashcards
(9 cards)
Define politics and who made the famous definition
Harold D. Lasswell’s Define politics as “who gets what when how”
Government should…
Maintain a national defense provides public services
preserve order
socialize the young
and collect Taxes
Policymaking system
People - interest, problems and concerns,
linkage institution - parties, elections, interest group, media,
policy agenda - Political issue,
policymaking institution - Legislative, executive, judicial, Bureauracy,
policy- expenditures, taxes, laws, regulations, non-decisions,
people- Impact of policies
Roberts Dahl Democratic theory
Equality in voting
Effective participation
Enlightened understanding
Citizens control of the agenda Inclusions
Pluralism
Groups with shared interest influence public policy by pressing their concerns to organize efforts.
Ex: NRA
Elitism
A theory of American democracy that an upper-class elite group Hold the power and make policy regardless of the formal government organization
Hyperpuralism
Pluralism I’m gone bad.
Too many people equals nothings going to happen
The challenges of democracy
Unity vs diversity
law vs ethics
Commonwealth vs private wealth freedom vs equality
Wagenberg five key elements for democracy
Liberty Egalitarianism individualism laissez-faire economy Small peve pocket- skilled workers are as important to someone as Bill Gates