POLI 1090 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Tea Act, First Continental Congress, Sugar Act
21 Mar 2018
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Government: institutions and procedures through which a territory wand its people are ruled: institutions presidency, congress, and the courts also law, norms, values, culture, etc, collection of individuals. Forms of government : autocracy: one individual ruler (monarchy, dictator, etc. ) Ex. in great britain, the prime minister is head of government but the queen is head of state: oligarchy (aristocracy): small group controls most decisions. Russia is run by a group of wealthy bank/business/group owners: democracy: system of rule permitting signi cant citizen participation often through elections. The us is a republic, where electives are represented by the public. 5 principles of politics : all political behavior has a purpose, institutions structure politics, all politics is collective action. In efforts to save the environment, not everyone participates but everyone bene ts. Path dependency: certain possibilities are made more or less likely because of the historical path taken. American values : liberty: freedom from governmental control, equality:
