Subject |
Date Published |
Contributer |
Language |
Total Questions |
File Name |
Politics |
14th February 2009 |
Hooper |
USA |
196 |
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Agenda building |
The process by which new issues are brought into political limelight |
Agenda setting |
Ability of media to influence what is on people's minds |
Air wars |
Candidate's use of televised ads. Candidates use press to get their message across for free. Televised debates also attract large and attentive audiences |
Alienation in voting |
Sense of personal powerlessness in government the notion that government is unresponsive to or uncaring of citizens people think that officials pay no attention to their subset in society |
Amicus curiae |
"friend of the court" brief in which an interest group presents its views on a case in which it is not one of the parties directly involved |
Anarchism |
A political philosophy that opposes government in any form |
Apathy in voting |
General lack of concern for politics |
Appellate jurisdiction |
Authority to review cases that have already been heard in lower courts and are appealed to a higher court by the losing party |
Articles of confederation |
The compact arguing the 13 original states that established the 1st government of the United States |
Autocracy |
A system of government in which power to govern in concentrated in the hands of one individual |
Bill of rights |
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution. They prevent the national government from tampering with fundamental rights and civil liberties and emphasizes the limited character of national power |
Blanket primary |
Single primary ballot listing both republican and democratic candidates by office voters don't have to vote along party lines for primaries |
Bureaucracy |
System of organization and control that is based on hierarchical authority, job specialization, and formalized rules |