POLS 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: New Taiwan Dollar, Louis Hartz, Dan Hays
20 Oct 2014
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Politics who gets what, when, and how. - harold laswell. Government set of institutions that make and enforce collective, public decisions - also the current group in power: supreme court is government"s alternative. Direct democracy in which people have a direct say in matters of the state: ex. referendums. Representative democracy in which people appoint representatives to speak for them in matters of the state: appointed politicians could be looking out for themselves, individuals choosing politician for their own interest vs. national interest. Deliberate discussions are main theme; ask people their opinion on solutions. Plebiscitary referendums, initiatives, recalls; hands on, direct. Capitalism economic system based on the private ownership and the free market. Mixed economy mixture of private and state control: canada is more so a mixed economy. Socialism means of production and distribution controlled by government. Communism all property owned by all in a classless society.
