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29 Cards in this Set
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the methodical or systematic analysis of power relationships in a system
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Political Science
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Max Weber
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Politics of a Vocation(1918)
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a specific type of political organization where official institutions/society interact through the use of power
WHO: the government, people & citizens |
the State
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4 characteristics a state must have
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1) set of territorial boundaries
2) monopolizes rule making 3) controls the means of coercion(force) 4) internationally sovereign |
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Thomas Hobbes
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Leviathan(1651)
humans are barbaric and need rulers to maintain order |
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John Locke
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2nd Treatise on Government(1689)
individual rights given by God life, liberty, and property gov't cannot give or steal these rights Social Contract Theory |
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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free will
self-determination Popular sovereignty |
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Original Dilemma
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freedom vs. order
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Modern Dilemma
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freedom vs equality
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Nature of government(4 things)
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1)to maintain order/protect life and private property
2)provide public/collective goods 3)promote equality -political equality -social equality -equality of opportunity -equality of outcome 4) promote freedom of & freedom from |
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freedom of
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government does not act to constrain
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freedom from
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requires government to act to provide conditions for individual freedom
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Political Ideologies
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values/belief system accepted as fact/truth by a group that defines the relationship between the government and the society
ex: belief that the gov't is to do everything ex: belief that the gov't is to do nothing |
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Totalitarianism
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unlimited gov't control over everything in society
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Communism
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gov't control over the means of production and economy
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Socialism
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gov't involvement in economic life and owns means of production
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Capitalism
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free enterprise and private ownership
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Libertarianism
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gov't has no economic role, just protects life and property
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Anarchism
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no gov't at all
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Liberals and Conservatives BOTH believe...
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1)individualism
2)natural right to private property and religion 3)gov't power should be limited 4)free market capitalism |
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James Madison
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Federalist No.10(1787)
-people group into factions due to human nature -factions based on wealth |
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Republicanism
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the relationship between citizens and their government
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Procedural View
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1)Universal Participation
2)Political Equality 3)Majority Rule 4)Responsiveness-elected reps should do what majority wants no matter what |
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Substantive View
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-focuses on the substance of government policies
-civil liberties and securing civil rights |
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Majoritarianism Model
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-gov't by the majority of people
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Majoritarianism assumptions
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1)high level of knowledge about politics
2)high levels of participation 3)citizens will be rational 4)elections allow popular control |
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Pluralist Model
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-gov't by the people in interest groups
-copes w/ reality of low participation & low knowledge -the ones with money win basically |
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Pluralist assumptions
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1)society is made up of institutions/organizations with diverse interests
2)these group together and protect/advance their members interests in public policy |
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Pluralist values
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1)Relativism-conflicting claims made by interest groups
2)Openness-to this clash of claims 3)Individualism-free speech 4)Divided Authority-many institutions 5)assumes mass opinion isn't the same as public interest |
