AP Government Vocab Unit VII
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- Iron triangle
- something used to describe the relationship among a government agency, a congressional committee, and a private interest group that work together to pass legislation that is deemed mutually benificial.
- Gender Gap
- The fact that women and men vote differently
- Political Socialization
- The process by which individuals aquire their political beliefs and attitudes
- Agent of Socialization
- Those groups and institutions which contribute to the process of political socialization
- Stucturing Tendancy
- political beliefs and attitudes; what is learned first structures later learning
- Interest Group
- An organized body of individuals who share some political goals & try to influence public policy
- John Q. Public
- The common Man
- Middle America
- americans who have moved out of poverty but are not yet affluent and who cherish middle-class values
- silent majority
- a phrase used to describe people, whatever their economic status, who upload traditional values, especially against the counterculture
- Elites
- A group or class of persons or a member of such a group or class, enjoying superior intellectual, social, or economic status
- Bully Pulpit
- An advantageous position, as for making one's views known or rallying support
- Lobbyist
- a person attempting to influence gov't decisions on behalf of an interest group
- Fiscal Policy
- the set of principles and decisions of a government in setting the level of public expenditure and how that expenditure is funded
- Monetary Policy
- the government or central bank process of managing money supply to achieve specific goals
- Majoritarian Politics
- electoral system is one which is based on single-member constituencies
- Client Politics
- the type of politics when an organized minority or interest group benefits at the expense of the public
- Pluralist Theory
- a guiding principle which permits the peaceful coexistence of different interests, convictions and lifestyles
- Policy Entrepenuer
- a politician who seeks to further his own political career and popularity by pursuing the creation of policy that pleases the populace
- Coalition
- an alliance among entities, during which they cooperate in joint action, each in their own self-interest
- Elitist Theory
- the belief that decisions should be (or are) being made essentially according to the interests or ideas of elites.
- Political Ideology
- a coherent and consistent set of beliefs about who ought to rule, what principles rulers should obey, and what policies they ought to persue
- Equal Time Rule
- an obligation on broadcasters to give all candidates equal access to the media
- Right of Reply
- the right to defend one's self against criticism
- On the Record
- for publication
- Off the Record
- given or made in confidence and not for publication
- Random Sample
- a sample selected in such a way that any member of the population being surveyed has an equal chance of being interviewed
- Sampling error
- the difference between the results of two surveys or samples
- watchdog
- one that guards against loss, waste, theft, or undesirable practices
- gatekeeper
- a person who controls access
- Liberal
- One who favors more government regulation of business & support for social welfare but less regulation of private social order
- Conservative
- one who favors limited and local gov't, less gov't regulation of markets, and more social conformity to traditional norms and values
- populist
- one who is liberal on economic and personal conduct issues
- libertarian
- one who is conservative on both economic and personal conduct issues
- muckraker
- journalism that seizes on information that might question the character or qualifications of a public official
- yellow journalism
- a pejorative reference to journalism that features scandal-mongering, sensationalism, jingoism or other unethical or unprofessional practices by news media organizations or individual journalists