PLS 200 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Direct Democracy, Anthony Downs, P.M. News
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Agency theory-also called the principal-agent model, the basic premise is that bureaucracies are agents that act on behalf of the legislature. Agreement reality-things that we believe are real even though we have never actually experienced them through our five senses. Appellate jurisdiction-a higher court"s authority to review the record from a trial court. Arrow"s theorem-the idea that elections cannot be the perfect means of making decisions because the method by which votes are tallied can significantly alter the outcome. Bureaucracy-the position within the political administrative structure-the desk, not the person-that defines the role or function to be performed. Civil law-the branch of the law that typically deals with relations among private individuals and groups. Cockroach theory of bureaucracy-the idea that bureaucracies serve the public the best they can and hope to stay hidden from the media and well fed in the darker recesses of an anonymous bureaucratic government.
