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41 Cards in this Set
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Political Values |
political issues are seen from different points of view and interpreted through personal experiences or values |
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What is politics? |
●Means by which social order is created in a society. ●Organized disputes and collective resolutions |
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Where do we find politics |
●Federal, Provincial, Municipal institutions ●interest groups ●lobby groups ●elections ●party support ●gov't actions ●legal system |
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Plato |
●Described human instinct to seek social connections to meet basic needs ●People could not be fulfilled outside community/polis (city-state) |
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Aristotle |
●Goal of politics is the good of the community ●Role of gov't is to tell people what to do and not to do ●Ideals, Morality, and ethics |
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Aristocracy |
●Small groups of the nobility or the wealthy ●Hold political power ●unclear law ● For the common good |
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Oligarchy |
●Small group rule ●Rule for own interests ●Outside the law |
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Polity |
Gov't un the hands if the many within a constitutional framework, protecting minorities |
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Democracy |
●System of gov't ●Majority rules without legal restrain ●laws are made by elective representatives of the people |
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Government |
Institution that makes and enforces collective decisions for a society |
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Legitimacy |
●A political and social ideology ●Advocates gov't activism ●Civil liberties and social reforms ●Must be accepted by community ●Use of coercion (force/judiciary) ●Selected thorugh: will of gov't rules/hereditary |
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HOBBES |
●It is human nature to be selfish and brutal ●Security depends on own strengths and intelligence ●We are born into a state of anarchy and chaos ●Absolutism, rights sacrificed, No Rev |
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Machiavelli |
●Wrote "The Prince" reflecting about Italian politics ●separated morality from politics ●Kill ur enemies or make them allies ●better to be feared than loved ●avoid being hated |
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Locke |
●gov't to protect right of the people ●people give consent ●man is by nature free and independent. ●People are reasonable ●God/ Rev is justified / life liberty and persue of happiness |
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Rousseau |
●Develop mental and moral abilities ●selfishness will come to exist ●Universal good ●Social contract ●is the majority always right?
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Gastil's checklist: Political |
●Recent election/often?/runned fairly ●opposition to the ruling party ●voting rights granted, periodic changes to ruling party ●minority groups fairly represented ●minority play major in political proc. ●other countries' influence ●candidates fairly selected |
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Types of Equality |
●Equality of rights: everyone is bound by the same law ●Equality of opportunity: people are ensured fair and equal access to education and employment ●Equality of Result:all people achieve similar economic and social success |
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Tyranny of the Majority |
●most systems rely on a majority decision (50% +1) ●Majority is most correct than minority ●minority outnumbered |
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Inefficiency |
●Most members of gov't are not able to cope with all the demands and complexities of gov't ●inefficiency to meet the demands and concerns of the people |
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Élite group |
●Power falls in small selected group ●like in common with average citizen ●western democracies are being seen to be ruled by a small number of people who control gov't and economy |
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Uninterested electorate |
●Most people feel too far removed from the decision process ●powerless sorry alienated ●interest are focused on work, sports movies etc |
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Voter apathy |
●one vote won't make a difference ●other things more important ●they like the present party or gov't and conform |
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The press |
Free press key ingredient of a democracy Propaganda |
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Voting |
●Symbol of mass participation in a democracy ●Establishes legitimacy of a gov't ●"we are voted in" ●if we have a say we are les likely to rise up in revolution |
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Factors influencing voter participation |
●Legal: age, citizenship, registration ●Personal: psychological, cynical, apathetic. Job of a citizen is to vote ●Social:membership in ethnic, religious, regional groups. Association with a party encourages participation ●Political: impact of leaders, intrigued ●media, parents, celebrities, school |
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Malthus |
●World population higher than food supply ●pop controlled naturally (famine, disease, war, droughts) ●charity interferes with natural selection (killing the weak leaving the fit) |
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Social Darwinism |
●Nature ensures through natural selection the fittest survive ●most efficient producers will win and encourage comp betw business ●compete for jobs with others (skill plus talent= prosper) ●You are paid according to the demand of your talent ●Charity goes again the mail idea of Natural selection |
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Cartels |
●Comp divide market for a product ●No competition |
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Oligopolies: |
●Companies agree not to compete over the prize of a product ●market detenernos price |
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Multinationals/ Externalities |
M: corporations operate in other countries (resources, cheap labour) E:Cost of product based on cost of production if one increases so will the other (keep profits/share holders happy) |
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Inequalities |
●We take the comforts we have for granted ●1/3 of the world lives without electricity ●40% lack basic sanitation ●1 billion have no access to clean water (disease/death in children) |
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Utopian socialist |
●World wide movement stressing communal living ●cooperation ●self-help ●education |
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LOUIS BLANK |
●French philosopher who advocated for large scale public ownership ●running out of major industries |
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Where would Rev begin? |
Germany France |
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Nitzche |
●What doesn't kill u makes u stronger ●only a superman can achieve anything ●leader has best characteristics of the nation ●against democracy
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Mussolini & Hitler |
●populism ●Anti-immigration ●ultranationalism |
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DESCRIPTION OF FASCISM AND SOCIALISM |
●anti-democratic ●anti-Marxist ●imperialistic ●nationalistic |
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Fascism beliefs |
●Limits to human abilities determined by genetics ●inequality between races (law of nature) ●individual should submit to the group (state) ●humans are driven by instinct and emotion |
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Types of nationalism |
●civic ●ethnic |
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U.S Presidential System |
●one executive is both formal and political (official head of state) ●Chief executive: making domestic policy and admin departm. (cabinet) ●Chief foreign policy maker: diplomatic functions ●commander in chief of the armed forces ●has veto (can be overturned 2/3) |
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People |
CN G.G JOHNSTON NDP MULCAIR BRI |
