Exam 1: Introducing Government in America

What best describes a linkage institution?

What are the institutions that make public policy decisions for a society collectively known as?

The withdrawal of American troops from Iraq resulted from which of the following?

What makes up the government's policy agenda?

What most closely exemplifies equality in voting?

What is an example of a collective good?

A law passed by Congress and the adoption of a regulation by an agency are examples of which of the following?

What is democracy?

What is public policy?

Which principle of traditional democracy theory is violated in circumstances in which the wealthy have influence over the government's policy agenda that far exceeds what would be expected based on their numbers?

What are policy impacts?

What is the theory that argues that group competition results in a rough approximation of the public interest in public policy?

In the United States,pluralism suggests which of the following?

Free speech and a free press are essential to which principle of traditional democratic theory?

What condition occurs when interests conflict and no coalition is strong enough to form a majority and establish policy,yet each may be strong enough to thwart the will of the others?

Which theory contends that American society is divided along class lines?

What determines whom we select as our governmental leaders and what policies these leaders pursue?

Which theory argues that special interest groups have essentially become sovereign,and the government is merely their servant?

Who is at the center of all theories of elitism?

The __________ principle is that,in a democracy,policies should reflect the will of more than half of the voters.