POLS 1101 Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: Sugary Drink Tax, Positive Liberty, Direct Democracy

• School: Temple University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1101
• Professor: Gary A.Mucciaroni

Document Summary

Conflict of who should get what, when, and how: ex. An organization that uses force within territorial boundaries to control human behavior: no one but the gov. can force you to do anything, even if it means jail, every gov. has its own boundaries. Gov. of u. s. a: no power outside boundaries. However, they can work with other gov. officials in different boundaries: decisions of gov. are binding on everyone. Even if you don"t agree: decisions by private consumers and businesses are binding only on parties that make them. Industry lobbies congress to permit it to pay lower taxes. Citizens and health experts pressure the city council to levy a tax on soda. Abortion rights supporters argue court about restrictions: control over the agenda. Keeping soda tax issue off of agenda altogether: cultural power -widely shared and unquestioned ways of thinking, expressions, beliefs, etc. Same-sex marriage was never thought about in society for so long.