Political Science 2244E Lecture Notes - The Roots, Neoconservatism, Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2244E
• Professor: Peter Scapillato

Document Summary

Politics: as a general concept, the practice of the art or science of directing and administering states or other political units, the activities associated with governing. Party: a person or people forming one side in an agreement or dispute, a group of people taking part in a particular activity or trip, especially one for which they have been chosen. Political party: an organization, with a public following, established to win elections, generally by promoting a set of principles, importantly, they organize american government around competing ideas, composed of card-carrying members (e. g. the passionates ). These are the people that decide the primaries: because they promote a set of ideas, they organize american government around these (completing) ideas this is what forms the conflict. Decide who will represent the party at every level except for the local. Depending on who they choose, they will ultimately either fail or succeed. Who"s going to run: champion ideas.