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Political Science - correct answer ✔✔the application of scientific methods to political phenomena
Black Box Model (4 components) - correct answer ✔✔Input (citizens pref., parties, voters) ---> Black Box
(Congress, Judiciary, President)---> Output (Public Policies)---> Feedback Loop (News Media, Elections,
Parties)---> Inputs.......... repeat
Saliency - correct answer ✔✔How much the policy attracts the public's attention
Complexity - correct answer ✔✔Extent to which the policy can be understood by the average person
Citizens prefer - correct answer ✔✔non complex & salient issues
Bureaucrats are - correct answer ✔✔more powerful in complex & non salient; ultimately responsive to
politicians
Interest Groups - correct answer ✔✔advance interest of their members
Complex and Non Salient - correct answer ✔✔Ex. Insurance Regulation, Farm Policy
Very little attention from the general public
Complex and Salient - correct answer ✔✔Ex. Clean air regulation
Has a lot of attention but is to complex for the general public
Salient and Non Complex - correct answer ✔✔Ex. Voting rights, Affirmative action
What people care about the most and we hear about the most often
, Non Salient and Non Complex - correct answer ✔✔Ex. Abortion Policy
Policies that have little light shed on them but are basic to understand
Politics - correct answer ✔✔process through which individuals and groups reach agreement on a course
of common or collective action
Why is politics necessary - correct answer ✔✔Because we live in a world of scarce resources and
divergent preferences.
Public Goods - correct answer ✔✔collectively produced and freely available for anyones consumption.
Ex. fire/police protection
Private Goods - correct answer ✔✔benefits and services over which the owner has full control of their
use.
Ex. Food, Clothing
Externalities - correct answer ✔✔public goods or bads, generated as a by product of public or private
activity.
Ex. More education, healthier children, water pollution
Why does successful politics almost always involve bargaining & compromise? - correct answer ✔✔there
is always a loser in politics. Without bargaining and compromise it would be almost impossible for the
two parties to get anything done. (collective action).
Collective Action - correct answer ✔✔the efforts of a group to reach and implement agreements
How is government organized to facilitate the creation of collective action? - correct answer ✔✔-
Constitutions form governments, giving them responsibilities and placing limits on their power
- Governments are composed of institutions that organize and manage political conflicts
-Institutions are composed of offices that confer on their occupant specific authority and responsibility
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