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| related to the acquisition of governmental power and influencing governmental decision making |
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| processes related to the institutional actions and procedures involved with the government carrying out its functions |
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| a condition that is recognized by society as needing correction through group effort |
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| various means of mass communication |
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| organized group that seeks to win elections in order to influence the activities of government |
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| a group of people with common goals who organize to influence government |
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| record required by law to be kept such county tax records, a report issued by a state agency or the Congressional Record |
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| survey designed to represent the opinions of a population by conducting a series of questions with a particular sample |
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| data collected (typically from universities or research institutes) for the purpose of answering a proposed question or testing a hypothesis |
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| interest groups/lobbies that produce literature and maintain websites to outline their positions on public policy issues |
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| determining believability by considering qualifications/reputation of the writer; circumstances in which the source material was created; internal consistency and agreement with other credible sources; use of supporting evidence and logical conclusions; and evidence of bias or unstated assumptions |
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| inducing others into accepting a point of view by means of reasoning and argumentation |
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| making concessions to settle differences |
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| settling differences through a discussion of issues |
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| process of working toward achieving general agreement within a group |
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