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What is an opinion poll? |
An investigation of public opinion conducted by interviewing a sample of citizens. |
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What is the fourth estate? |
The media; the other estates are the clergy, nobles, and commoners. |
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What is an editorial line? |
A particular perspective on world events offered by news outlets. |
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What is a policy community? |
A collection of actors who have a direct or indirect interest in an issue. |
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What are interest groups, or pressure groups? |
Groups in a political system that seek to either alter or maintain the approach of government without taking a formal role in elections or seeking an official capacity in government. |
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What are political action committees, or PACs? |
Conglomerations of several interest groups with the purpose of influencing the decision making process more effectively. |
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What are associational interest groups? |
Interest groups closely related to particular political objectives. |
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What are non-associational interest groups? |
Interest groups not closely related to, or not connected with particular political objectives. |
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What are anomic interest groups? |
Ad hoc interest groups that do not have a standard organized composition; formed to deal with short-term issues. |
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What is lobbying? |
Method by which business or interest groups apply direct pressure to the executive, legislative, and bureaucratic parts of government. |
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Define corporatism. |
Approach to governance that entails close cooperation and coordination among government, business, and labour in the expectation that such activity will bring more stability to politics. |
