SDSU California Government Exam Full Book Notes (Questions and Answers)

Politics: correct answers the Authoritative allocation of values for a society as a whole Political system correct answers the process of making public policy. California's economy has been affected by correct answers Size, post industrialism, change, diversity, Multitier workforce. Political Environment correct answers set of social, cultural, economic, and physical attributes that inform and limit how politics are done. Postindustrial Economy correct answers Characterized by a large and growing service sector, economic interdependence, rapid change, innovation and advanced tech. Multi-tiered workforce work force correct answers Upper tiers are high educated and well paid, low tiers are service jobs in retail, tourism, agriculture. Democratic theory correct answers Two forms of democracy: participatory & representative. Participatory Government correct answers rule by the many citizens Representative correct answers rule by a few elected Elite Theory correct answers two classes: the few who rule and the many who do not The Big Four correct answers Leland Stanford, Collis Huntington, Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins. (broken in progressive era) Pluralist theory correct answers Tries to correct aspects of both democratic and elite theory. hyperploralism correct answers power is thinly scattered, not just widely or unevenly scattered. components of California hyperpluralism correct answers Individualism in political life, a growing diversity of group interests and cultures, the changing nature of majoritarian politics and built in are structural conflicts. ironies of diversity correct answers through diversity California has become a leader and laggard, policy is cyclical, contested and at times ambivalent. Cities have to find work arounds for funding. % vote needed to raise taxes correct answers California constitution requires a 2/3 vote from the legislature.