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| Reasons younger citizens are apathetic(not interested) in public affair and politics |
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.They feel they can't make a difference
.the political system is corrupt
.they just don't care |
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| the institutions that make authoritative decisions for any given society |
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| Two main question about governing |
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.How should we govern?
.What should we do? |
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| Five main functions that all governments perform |
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.Maintain a national defense
.Provide public services
.Preserve order
.Socialize the young
.Collect taxes |
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| Explanation of a national defense |
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| A government protects its national sovereignty, usually by maintaining armed forces |
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| Example of Preserve Order |
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| When people protest in large numbers, government ma result to extreme measures to restore order. |
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| Example of Socializing the Young |
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| Most modern governments pay for education and use it in still national values among the young |
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| determines who we select as our government leaders and what policies these leaders pursue |
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| good, such as clean air and clean water, that everyone must share |
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| Groups that have narrow interest, tend to dislike compromise, and often draw membership from people new to politics |
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| Six Steps of the Policy Making System |
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.People- interest, problems, conserns
.Linkage institutions- parties, elections, media, interest groups
.Policy agenda- political issues
.Policymaking institutions- legislature, executive, courts, bureaucracy
.Policy- expenditures, taxes, laws, regulations, nondecision
.People- impacts of policies |
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| the issues that attract the serious attentioon of public officals and other people actually involved in politics at any given point in time |
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| an issue that arises when people disagree about a problem and how to fix it |
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| Policymaking institutions |
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The branches of government charged with action on political issues.
ex. The U.S constituiton established three policy making instituitons- the congress, the presidency, and the courts. |
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| a choice that government make in response to a political issue |
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