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Politics
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Concerns the activities and interactions that seek to affect the composition, power, and actions of the government.
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Public policy
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The rules of society and the priorities for government resources and action.
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Pathways of action
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Various activities institutions decision pointsin American politics + government that affect creationalteration+preservationoflaws+public policies
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Litigation
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If a new ordinance violates other existing laws, then taking the issue to court by filing lawsuits.
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
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Prohibited state and local governments from engaging in racial discrimination in public schools.
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Boycott
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A coordinated action by many people who agree not to buy a specific product, use a specific service until policy is changed
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Roe v Wade
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Case decided that it is a violation of texas law of a womans right to privacy when making personal choices about reproduction
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Checks and balances
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A designed form of government that divided powers between the national government and the states
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Capitalism
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The economic system based on free enterprise in which individuals compete with each other for jobs and money
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Socialism
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Government owns and controls key factories and sometimes also land to assign individuals to certain jobs
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Political culture
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Fundamental values and dominant beliefs that are shared throughout society and that shape political behavior and government
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Alexis de Tocqueville
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French scholar who traveled throughout the US in the early 1830s, found our nations politics to be distinct and powerful
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