AP Government/Politics Chapter 1 Vocabulary Words Crossword

refers to controversies debated within the political system
a set of issues, problems, or subjects, that gets attention from people involved in policymaking like government officials
the set of attitudes, beliefs, and sentiments which give order
a structure within a society that connects the people to the government or centralized authority
government policies that affect the whole population
by which state policy is enforced, as well as the mechanism for determining the policy of the state
the effects a policy has on people and problems
a decision rule that selects alternatives which have a majority, that is, more than half the votes
a system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through freely elected representatives
a system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through freely elected representatives
a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated
an organization that is devoted exclusively to advocating one particular position on one particular policy issue
the belief or attitude that some individuals who form an elite
a theory of government and politics contending that groups are so strong that government is weakened
when the ratio between bills passed and the agenda of the legislature decreases
we select out governmental leaders by this process
when the President and his staff draft and pass a new crime bill