| A | B |
|---|
| Direct Democracy | citizens meet and vote |
| Politics | a process that regulates conflict in society |
| Hyper Pluralism | when interest groups are so powerful that they dominate decision making, causing individual input to be impossible |
| Oligarchy | rule by a few members of the elite who benefit themselves |
| Pluralism | theory that views politics as conflict among interest groups where decisions are made through bargaining and compromise |
| Cooperative Federalism | the theory that the states and the national government should cooperate in solving problems |
| Dual Federalism | both the state and federal government are equal sovereign powers |
| Representative Democracy | there are representatives to decide things for the people |
| Mandatory Retirement | forced retirement when a person reaches a certain age |
| Civil Law | law that regulates conduct between private persons over noncriminal matters |
| Majority | more than 50% |
| Theory of Incorpotaion | view that most of the protections of the Bill of Rights are applied against state government through the 14th Amendment |
| Engel v. Vitale | public school prayer |
| Virginia Plan | favors large states; strong national government; bicameral legislature; executive and judicial chosen by legislature |
| Filibuster | unlimited debate in Senate to halt debate in paticular bill |
| Momopolistic Model | a model of bureaucracy that compares bureaucracies to monopolistic business firms |
| Independent Regulatory Agency | an agancy outside the major executive departments charged with making and implementing rules and regulations to protect public interest |
| Office of Management and Budget | a division of the Executive Office created in 1970 to replace the Bureau of the Budget |
| Bureaucracy | a large orginization that is structured hierachically to carry out specific functions |
| Acquistive Model | a model of bureaucracy that views top-level bureaucrats as seeking constantly to explain the size of their budgets and the staffs of their departments or agencies |
