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Patronage

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Political officials choose qualified employees to fill gov’t positions

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Traditional Model

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Rational voter model in which. Others vote for politicians who make them happier

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States rights

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2nd and 10th Amendments = rights and powers held by US states

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Teapot Metaphor

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Senate is where political idea go to cool off

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Power elite model

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Powerful elite control politics

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Democracy

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Rule of the many in which majority rules

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Politics

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Resolution of a conflict through the use of power

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Procedural rights

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Rights that limit gov’t’s power in the enforcement of law

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Populism

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Anti-elite mvmt

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Public policy

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Actions of the gov’t that affect the public

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Soft money

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Contribution to a political party that’s not accounted as going to a particular candidate (avoidance / legal limitations)

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Pluralist model

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Numerous groups in competition and no group or coalition always wins

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Weberian model

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Buearucrafic supremacy in which powerful bureaucracies control American politics

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Natural rights

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Life, liberty, property according to Locke

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SMDP

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Single member distributive plurality system

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Republic

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“Natural” form of gov’t in which the many rule, universal rights

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Bill of Rights

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Created bc of ratification and convention in debates, includes political rights, procedural rughts, and states rights

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Political rights

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Rights that limit govt’s power to limit political participation by the people

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Liberty

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Individual rights and feeedoms

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Federalism

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Strong central gov’t and semi-autonomous state govt’s

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PAC

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Political action committee

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Lobbyist

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Political professionals

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527 Organization

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A group created to influence the selection, normalization election, appointment or defeat of candidates to office

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Federalists

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Hamiltonians pro-constitution, industrial federal gov’t

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Anti-federalists
Jeffersonians, agrarian, state gov't
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Incentive compat
Incentives motivating the actions of individual participants are consistent with following the rules established by the group
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Marxist Model
Corporate dominance = powerful corporations control American politics
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Band wagon
Entire media covers the same thing because it's popular
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Aristotelian bias
The rich are smarter than the poor
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Hamiltonians
federalists who support industrialization and bank of US
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Jeffersonians
Anitfederalists who are agrarian and states rights
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Liberalism
Divides political parties in America between liberalism for happiness and property
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Necrocracy
A gov't operating under rule if dead leader = rule of the dead
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Alien and Sedition
1978 laws to deport foreigners and prevent immigrants from voting
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Checks and balances
Each branch of gov't has power over others
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John Locke
Political philosopher whose ideology is used in the Declaration of Independence to justify the American revolution
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Property
Natural right, republican side of American liberalism
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Polyarchy
Rule of many
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Mercantilism
State controls economy to expand state power
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Third World
Raw materials exporter (mercantilism)
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Articles of Confederation
1st American gov't, confederal state gov't > central, no taxation or power or nat'l executive power
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Shay's Rebellion
Populist, rural movement which emphasized Art Confed lack of power
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Grease
Personal connections between lobbyists and politicians
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14th Amendment
Equal protection to enfranchise under the state
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22nd Amendment
No person elected president more than 2 terms
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19th Amendment
Women's right to vote
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24th Amendment
Poll tax
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Institutional IG
Groups whose purpose becomes political, includes social and economic groups
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Electoral College
Institution w 538 electors to elect president and Vice President
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Super PAC
PACs which can raise unlimited sums of $ as independent associations which donate to candidate
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Heller Case
1st Supreme Court case to decide 2nd amendment protects the individual right to keep and bear arms
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Propaganda
Information with political motivations < giving info to benefit political cause
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Gerrymandering
Drawing voting districts to benefit political parties
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Plurality
Many groups in competition but no one always wins
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Supremacy clause
Establishes that the federal constitution/ law takes precedence over state laws (article 6)
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Double Jeopardy
Procedural right which protects a defendant from being tried for the same change twice
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English Civil War
Fought between Parliamentarians and Royalists over manner of England's gov't
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Confederal
S > N (rare, unstable, articles of confed)
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Federal
N >= S
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Unitary System
N> S
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Citizens united
Regulates campaign spending by organizations
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Article I
Legislative
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Article II
Executive
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Article III
Judiciary
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Article IV
Full faith and credit
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Article V
Amendments process
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Article VI
National supremacy = states obey fed gov't
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Article VII
Ratification (10 states)
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full faith and credit
All states obey/recognizes leg acts, public records, and judicial decisions of other state
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1st Amendment
Participatory = freedom from religion
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2nd Amendment
Right to bear arms
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3rd Amendment
Quartering (gov't pays for cost of military)
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4th Amendment
Search and seizure
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5th Amendment
Due process
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6th Amendment
Fair trial (speedy and public trial, impartial jury, transparency)
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7th Amendment
Civil trial
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8th Amendment
Punishment (no cruel and unusual punishment)
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9th Amendment
Limitations clause
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10th Amendment
States rights
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Establishment clause
Prohibits gov't from making laws to establish and official religion or to favor any religion
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Admin amendments
Clarify functioning gov't
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Civil rights Amendment
Amendments estab = rights for blacks and women, voting rights
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Progressive amendments
Amendments of the progressive era from 1890s - 1930s, including A16 & A17
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Populist Amendment
Anti-economic and political elite, including progressive era amends
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Separation of powers
Power is distributed between branches of gov't

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