agent

(noun)

An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect.

Related Terms

  • peers
  • latent

Examples of agent in the following topics:

  • Forming Political Values

    • People form political values throughout their life cycle through different agents of political socialization, including family, media, and education.
    • The following agents of Socialization influence to different degrees an individual's political opinions:
    • The agents a child surrounds him/herself with during childhood are crucial to the child's development of future voting behaviors.
    • Some of these agents include:
    • Explain the agents of socialization that inform the individual's political values
  • The 18th Amendment

  • National Security Agency Surveillance

    • Such an exception has been upheld at the Circuit Court level when the target was a foreign agent residing abroad, a foreign agent residing in the U.S., and a U.S. citizen abroad.
    • The legality of targeting Americans acting as agents of a foreign power and residing in this country has not been addressed by the U.S.
  • Providing National Security

    • It is responsible for providing national security intelligence assessments, performed by non-military commissioned civilian intelligence agents, to senior U.S. policymakers.
  • Political Knowledge

    • While it is known that agents of political socialization (such as family, peers, church, and school) and major life and political events impact political values and public opinion, some argue that political knowledge plays a large role as well.
  • Family, Peers, Church, and School

    • Family is the first agent of socialization.
    • Family is an important agent of political socialization.
  • Assembling a Campaign Staff

    • In Britain and other Commonwealth countries, such as Canada and India, each campaign must have an official agent who is legally responsible for the campaign.
    • The official agent is obligated to make sure the campaign follows all rules and regulations.
  • Results of the 1946 Act

    • "The Provisions of this act apply to any person (except a political committee as defined in the Federal Corrupt Practices Act, and duly organized State or local committees of a political party), who by himself, or through any agent or employee or other persons in any manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly, solicits, collects, or receives money or any other thing of value to be used principally to aid, or which the principal purpose of which person is to aid, in the accomplishment of influencing, directly or indirectly, the passage or defeat of any legislation by the Congress of the United States. "
  • The Bureaucracy

    • Intelligence-gathering, a core function of the agency, is performed by non-military commissioned civilian intelligence agents, many of whom are trained to avoid tactical situations.
  • Forms of Disagreement

    • The aim is to either obstruct another political agent or political organization from performing some practice to which the activists object; or to solve perceived problems which traditional societal institutions (governments, powerful churches or establishment trade unions) are not addressing to the satisfaction of the direct action participants.
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