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Parliament
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English legislature
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Electoral college.
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270
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bicameral
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two house legislature
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Theocracy
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government controlled by religion
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Majority Rule
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51% have to agree
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open rule
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permits any germane amendment
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force theory
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one person controls everyone
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Functions of interest groups
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material/purposive/solidarity benefits
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Value
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The general principle or beliefs people use to make judgements and dicisions
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Four Features of State
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1) Population
2)Territory
3) Sovereignty
4)Government
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deregulation
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simplify, loosen or elimanate gov rules
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direct demorcracy is when
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people govern themselves
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Direct Lobbying
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direct interaction with public officials for the purpose of influencing policy decisions.
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18
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age you need to be to vote
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Citizen
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Community member who owes loyalty to the government and is entitled to protection from it
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Policy
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a course of action adopted and pursued by a government, ruler, political party, etc.: our nation's foreign policy
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Unicameral
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a legislative body with a single chamber(one house).
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office of management and budget, national security council, council of economic advisers
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EOP agencies
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moral hazard
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notknowing the effort of an agent
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service responsiveness
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variety of tasks that legislators perform for constituents who request assistance in dealing with the federal governent
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economic equality
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everyone should receive the same amount of material goods regardless of his or her contribution to society.
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politics is
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the effortsto control or influence governements
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2 types of goverment systems
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federal and unitary
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Swing voters
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the undecided voters before the election.
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2 houses of Congress
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Senate and House of Representatives
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division of powers
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basic principles of federalism; the constitutional powers are divided on a geographic basis
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Direct Democracy
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Everyone gets to vote on the rules
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Limited Govenment
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a government that is restricted in what it may do, and each individual has certain rights that government cannot take away.
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prestige committees
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highly prized and allow their members to wield tremendous power in congress
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minority rights
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any group numerically inferior to the majority, and it retains the full rights of democratic citizenship
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custom and usage
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occurs when practices and institutions not mentioned in the constitution evolve in respons to political needs and alter the structure, functions, or precoedures of the political system
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Trust Funds
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money outside the regular govt budget. they are beyond the control of the appropriations committee
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when was the division of powers between governer, legs., and courts established
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in 1636
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James Madison
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Known as the "Father of the Constitution"
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Party base
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members of a political party who ALWAYS vot for that party (majority of votes)
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amicus curiae briefs
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formal briefs that reflects a group's concerns regarding a court decision
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Represenative Government
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a government that serves the will of the people and where people have a voice in deciding what government should and should not do.
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policy subsystems
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networks of all the groups that share a particular policy interest. not as stable as iron tirangles
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House (10)
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each state represented in line by its population, 435 members total-set by Congress, each state guaranteed one seat in House
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First plan of governemnt for the U.S.
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Articles of Confederation
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Random sample
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Samples chosen where any member of the polled population has an equal chance of being selected.
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check and balance
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one branch can assert and protect ts own rights by withholding its support for the essential activiteis of another. they are dependednt on one another.
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Popular Soverignty
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That the people make up and run the government.
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3 Purposes of Constitution
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1. Sets out ideals that people bound by constitution believe in and share.
2. Supreme law of land.
3. Basic structure of gov't.
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checks and balances
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each branch is subject to a number of constitutional checks by the other branches.
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Other ways to amend the Constitution - Courts
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Through judicial review, courts interpret a law to determine if it agrees with the Constitution. if not, a law is cancelled or must be changed.
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