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| Direct Democracy | type of gov't characterized by citizens attending a town meeting and voting on issues raised, with the majority prevailing |
| Elite and Class Theory | a group theory that revolves around an economic strata of society controliing the policy agenda |
| Government | those institutions that create public policy |
| Hyperpluralism | is a group theory characterized by many interest groups vying for control, resulting in a government that is tied up in gridlock |
| Linkage institution | the means by which individuals can express preferences regarding the development of public policy |
| Loose construction | a liberal interpretation of the Constitution |
| Pluralism | a group theory that involved different groups all vying for control of the policy agenda. No single group emerges, forcing the groups to compromise |
| Policy agenda | agenda that results from the interaction of linkage institutions |
| Political Party | a group of people joined together by common philosophies and common approaches, with the aim of getting candidates elected, in order to develop and implement public policy. |
| Politics | who gets what, when, how, and why |
| Public Policy | the final action(s) taken by government in promotional, regulatory, or distributive form. |
| Representative Democracy | form of government that relies on the consent of the people ansd is oftencalled a republican government |
| Strict constructionists | individuals who believe in a conservative interpretation of the Constitution |
| Unitary system of government | type of government that centralizes all the powers of government into one central authority |
