Political Terms and Concepts: A Comprehensive Glossary, Quizzes of Local Government Studies

Download Political Terms and Concepts: A Comprehensive Glossary and more Quizzes Local Government Studies in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 party platform DEFINITION 1 list of the actions which a political party supports in order to appeal to the general public for the purpose of having said party's candidates voted into office. TERM 2 party followers DEFINITION 2 people who follow a party platform TERM 3 donkey DEFINITION 3 democratic party symbol TERM 4 elephant DEFINITION 4 republican party symbol TERM 5 ticket splitting DEFINITION 5 where you vote not for the party like straight ticket (like vote for all democrats) but for yourself. An example would be if you voted for Bill Clinton, Democrat, for President, but then voted for John Kyl, Republican, for U.S. Senato TERM 6 political party DEFINITION 6 a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. TERM 7 dixiecrats DEFINITION 7 Democratic Party thats a segregationist, socially conservative political party in the United States. TERM 8 canvassing DEFINITION 8 systematic initiation of direct contact with a target group of individuals commonly used during political campaigns. TERM 9 soft money DEFINITION 9 the financing of electoral campaigns at the federal, state, and local levels. TERM 10 political action committee DEFINITION 10 (PAC)a private group, regardless of size, organized to elect political candidates. TERM 21 baker vs carr DEFINITION 21 justification of colgrove vs green (courts rule not justice) TERM 22 shaw vs reno DEFINITION 22 cant draw disctrict TERM 23 miller v. johnson DEFINITION 23 where racial minority majority electoral districts are created during redistricting to increase minority Congressional representation. TERM 24 Presidency DEFINITION 24 office of president of a state or nation. TERM 25 Requirements for presidency DEFINITION 25 -natural born citizen of the us -at least 35 years old -must live in us at least 14 years TERM 26 wildavsky DEFINITION 26 was an American political scientist known for his pioneering work in public policy, government budgeting, and risk management. TERM 27 barber DEFINITION 27 active positive TERM 28 schlesinger DEFINITION 28 wrote about kenedy He popularized the term "imperial presidency" during the Nixon administration by writing the book The Imperial Presidency. TERM 29 stewardship DEFINITION 29 personal responsibility for taking care of another person's property or financial affairs or in religious orders taking care of finances. TERM 30 prerogative DEFINITION 30 an exclusive right given from a government or state and invested in an individual or group, the content of which is separate from the body of rights enjoyed under the general law of the normative state. TERM 31 limited power DEFINITION 31 where any more than minimal governmental intervention in personal liberties and the economy is not usually allowed by law, TERM 32 inherent powers DEFINITION 32 Inherent powers are those powers that a sovereign state holds. TERM 33 What are the requirements for house and senate? DEFINITION 33 for senate 30 years old, us citizen for 9 years Senators serve six-year terms, with no term limitations. representatives serve two-year terms, meaning they could be up for re- election during every other Congress house of reps minimum age is 25, us citizen for 7 years and legal resident of chosen state TERM 34 declare war DEFINITION 34 performative speech act or signing of a document by an authorized party of a government in order to initiate a state of war between two or more nations. TERM 35 how can you override a presidential veto? DEFINITION 35 by having a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and Senate.. However, a veto may not be overridden if it is a pocket veto, a veto in which the president simply ignores a bill between congressional sessions. TERM 46 judicial activism DEFINITION 46 judicial rulings that are based more upon the judge's personal bias than by existing law. TERM 47 judicial restraint DEFINITION 47 encourages judges to limit the exercise of their own power. TERM 48 bureaucracy DEFINITION 48 a form of organization wheather found in a national state. TERM 49 max weber theory DEFINITION 49 observed bureaucracies and believed that they included the following: hierarchy-one person on the top division of labor- causing specialization abstract rules- for uniformity impersonal-large size promotion were based on technical competence experience-develops over time TERM 50 woodrow wilson theory DEFINITION 50 "the study of public administration" argued that there were those who made the law (politicians) and those who executed those decisions TERM 51 spoils system DEFINITION 51 after winning an election, gives government jobs to its voters as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the party TERM 52 pendleton act DEFINITION 52 do away with spoils system and create a merit system TERM 53 cold war DEFINITION 53 political conflict, military tension, and economic competition primarily between the USSR and its satellite states, and the powers of the Western world, including the United States. ARMS RACE TERM 54 NATO DEFINITION 54 (The North Atlantic Treaty Organization)intergovernmental military alliance where member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. TERM 55 world bank DEFINITION 55 international financial institution that provides leveraged loans to developing countries for capital programs. TERM 56 IMF DEFINITION 56 (The International Monetary Fund) is an international organization that oversees the global financial system TERM 57 Recession DEFINITION 57 slowdown in economic activity over a long period of time TERM 58 Norris La Guardia Act DEFINITION 58 made yellow-dog contracts, or those in which a worker agreed as a condition of employment that he would not join a labor union, unenforceable in federal court TERM 59 Keynesian Economics DEFINITION 59 conomic theory stating that active government intervention in the marketplace and monetary policy is the best method of ensuring economic growth and stability. TERM 60 full employment DEFINITION 60 the economic condition when everyone who wishes to work at the going wage rate for their type of labor is employed