The Logic of American Politics Chapter 1 Questions and Answers
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The Logic of American Politics Chapter 1 Questions and Answers
Direct Democracy - Answer-A system of government in which citizens make policy decisions by voting on legislation themselves rather than by delegating that authority to their representatives.
Focal Point - Answer-Focus identified b...
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The Logic of American Politics Chapter 1
Questions and Answers
Direct Democracy - Answer-A system of government in which citizens make policy
decisions by voting on legislation themselves rather than by delegating that authority to
their representatives.
Focal Point - Answer-Focus identified by participants when coordinating their energies
to achieve a common purpose.
Free-Rider Problem - Answer-A situation in which individuals can receive the benefits
from a collective activity whether or not they helped to pay for it, leaving them with no
incentive to contribute.
Government - Answer-The institutions and procedures through which people are ruled.
Initiative - Answer-An approach to direct democracy in which a proposal is placed on an
election ballot when the requisite number of registered voters have signed petitions.
Institutional Design - Answer-The construction of political institutions and processes for
managing conflicts and reaching collective agreements between competing interests.
Institution - Answer-In a democracy, an organization that manages potential conflicts
between political rivals, helps them to find mutually acceptable solutions, and makes
and enforces the society's collective agreements. Among the prominent federal political
institutions in the United States are Congress, the Presidency, and the Supreme Court.
Office - Answer-Subdivision of some government department that confers on its
occupants specific authority and responsibility.
Parliamentary Government - Answer-A form of government in which the chief executive
is chosen by the majority party or by a coalition of parties in the legislature.
Politicians - Answer-A small group of professionals tasked by society with discovering
and coordinating mutually attractive collective decisions.
Politics - Answer-The process through which individuals and groups reach agreement
on a course of common, or collective, action — even as they disagree on the intended
goals of that action.
Power - Answer-An officeholder's actual influence with other officeholders, and, as a
consequence, over the government's actions.
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