POLS 1400 Lecture 1: pols1400 week1 notes
15 Feb 2017
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Wednesday, september 14, 2016 pols1400 week 1 issues in canadian politics. 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. Ideology: body of ideas used in support of an economic, political, social theory. Public administration: the way in which governments conduct themselves through bureaucratic processes; a discipline and a practice. Direct democracy: in which people have a direct say in matters of the state (plebiscites, referendums, initiatives) Representative democracy: in which people appoint representative to speak for them in matters of the state. Deliberative democracy: governing decisions made based on discussions by citizens. Capitalism: economic system based on the private ownership and the free marker. Mixed economy: mixture of private and state control. Socialism: means of production and distribution controlled by government. Communism: all property owned by all in classless society. There is a territory where decisions apply.
