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- Cost
- any burden that some people must bear if a policy is adopted
- Political Agenda
- Deciding what to make policy about
- Entrepreneurial politics
- a large part of society benefits from a policy that imposes costs on a small segment of society
- Benefit
- any satisfaction, monetary or nonmonetary that people believe they will enjoy if a policy is adopted
- Client politics
- when a small, identifiable group will benefit but the majority of society will pay the cost
- Policy entrepreneurs
- those in and out of government who pull together a legislative majority on behalf of interests not well represented
- Pork barrel projects
- several projects are approved in a single piece of legislation
- Boycott
- concerted effort to get people to stop buying goods and services from a merchant in order to change their policies
- Interest group politics
- a policy that will confer benefits on one small group, and costs on another small group
- Majoritarian politics
- making appeals to large blocs of voters in hopes of finding a majority
- Process regulation (Social regulation)
- rules aimed at improving consumer or worker safety and reducing environmental damage
- Logrolling
- Forming a major coalition addressing multiple issues