JANDA CH 7

Activists

People who tend to participate in all forms of politics

Political Participation

Actions of private citizens by which they seek to influence or support government and politics

Conventional Participation

Relatively routine political behavior that uses institutional channels and is acceptable to the dominant culture

Unconventional Participation

Relatively uncommon political behavior that challenges or defies established institutions and dominant norms

Terrorism

Premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents.

Direct Action

Unconventional participation that involves assembling crowds to confront businesses and local governments to demand a hearing.

Supportive Behavior

Action that expresses allegiance to government and country.

Electorate

Citizens eligible to vote

Influencing Behavior

Behavior that seeks to modify or reverse government policy to serve political interests.

Class Action Suit

A legal action brought by a person or group on behalf of a number of people in similar circumstances.

Voter Turnout

The percentage of eligible citizens who actually vote in a given election.

Suffrage

The right to vote. Also called the "franchise"

Franchise

The right to vote. Also called "suffrage"

Progressivism

A philosophy of political reform based on the goodness and wisdom of the individual citizen as opposed to special interests and political institutions.

Direct Primary

A preliminary election

Recall

The process for removing an elected official from office.

Referendum

An election on a policy issue.

Initiative

A procedure by which voters can propose an issue to be decided by the legislature or by the people in a referendum. It requires gathering a specified number of signatures and submitting a petition to a designated agency.

Standard Socioeconomic Model

A relationship between socioeconomic status and conventional political involvement: people with higher status and more education are more likely to participate than those with lower status.