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Ch. 15 Vocab - The Policy-Making Process

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A business that will not employ nonunion workersclosed shop
A situation in which gov't bureaucracy thinks up problems for gov't to solveprofessionalization of reform
Political activity in which both benefits and costs are widely distributedmajoritarian politics
Deciding what belongs on the political agendaagenda setting
Political activity in which one group benefits at the expense of many other peopleclient politics
Political activity in which benefits are distributed, costs are concentratedentrepreneurial politics
Political activity in which benefits are conferred on a distinct group and costs on an other distinct groupinterest-group politics
A sense of being worse off than one thinks one ought to berelative deprivation
A situation in which people are more sensitive to what they might lose than to what they might gaincost argument
People in and out of government who find ways of creating a legislative majority on behalf of interests not well represented in governmentpolicy entrepreneurs
A boycott by workers of a company other than the one against which the strike is directedsecondary boycott
A law passed in 1890 making monopolies illegalSherman Antitrust Act
Any satisfaction that people believe they will derive if a policy is adoptedbenefit
A concentrated effort to get people to stop buying from a company in order to punish and to coerce a policy changeboycott
The perceived burden to be borne if a policy is adoptedcost
One legislator supporting another's pet project in return for latter's supportlogrolling
A set of issues thought by the public or those in power to merit action by the governmentpolitical agenda
Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in the hope of winning their votespork barrel projects
Rules regulating manufactoring or industrial processes, usually aimed at improving consumer or worker safety and reducing environmental damageprocess regulation


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