POLS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Elite, Authoritarianism, Oligarchy
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Game metaphor comparing politics to games, whose team is doing good etc. You have to be in a conversation about politics, what are the issues of the day/important to you; what are the issues, and what do we do about them. Anarchy no government at all, total chaos, no consequences. Theocracy ruled by religion or religious text(like the vatican) Manifesto(cid:3248); human beings evolve to a point where we don"t need a government; so mature, progressive, and advanced. Oligarchy ruled by the few, small group of people, at least 2-3, usually 10-25. Monarchy ruled by 1 individual; like a king, queen, prince, sultan, tsar. John locke: two treatises on government (1690) Book had a profound effect on the constitution and u. s. Government by consent: every government that exists should only exist with the consent of the people. If you no longer consent to the government, you overthrow it with a revolution and get rid of it.
