poli sci 2
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- collective goods
- benefits that are broadly available
- soft money
- money contributed directly to political parties
- bandwagon effect
- reports of opinion can influence actual opinion
- 527 committiees
- nonprofit groups that raise money to influence politics
- miranda rule
- those under arrest must be informed of their legal rights
- universalization of rights
- any group has the right not to be discriminated against
- salient interests
- views that are especially important to the individual holding them
- electoral realignment
- when a new party replaces the ruling party to become the dominant political force, happens roughly every 30 years in America
- exclusionary rule
- if evidence is obtained in violation of the fourteenth amendment it can be excluded in court
- purposive benefits
- benefits of group members that emphasize the purpose and accomplishments of group
- responsible party government
- set of principles encouraging a strong role for parties
- political caucus
- closed meeting to select candidates, plan strategy, or make decisions regarding legislative matters
- divided government
- presidency is controlled by one party and opposing party controls one or more houses of congress
- equal protection clause
- requires states to provide citizens equal protection of the laws
- civil liberties
- personal freedoms that government is constrained from interfering with
- illusion of saliency
- impression conveyed by polls that something is important to the public when actually it is not
- procedural liberties
- restraints on how government is supposed to act
- due process
- to proceed according to the law and protect individual rights
- de facto
- a reflection of social patterns
- political socialization
- induction of people into political culture
- substantive liberties
- restraints on what government can do
- affirmative action
- designed to redress historic injustices by promoting equal access to education and employment
- bill of rights
- first ten amendments to constitution
- PAC
- private group that raises and distributes funds for elections
- grassroots lobbying
- a group mobilizes its membership to contact government officials
- policy entrepreneur
- someone who brings a policy proposal into the political agenda
- astroturf lobbying
- negative term used to describe group-directed and exaggerated grassroots lobbying
- de jure
- a direct result of law or official policy
- closed primary
- voters must be registered members of a political party to nominate candidates for that party
- iron triangle
- stable relationship between congressional committee, administrative agency, and a supportive interest group
- open primary
- any voter can vote in a party's primary election
- pluralism
- the theory that all interests should be free to compete for influence
- strict scrutiny
- burden of proof is on government in civil liberties and rights cases