POLS-Y 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Universal Health Care
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American politics- being a good citizen, our government being used as an example. Comparative politics- how economic systems influence different countries, different government systems between countries. What happens in countries- universal health care- canada vs. Oncourse- list of all international study centers on campus. Easton- the authoritative allocation of values for the society. Lasswell- who gets what when and how (power) A struggle over the allocation of scare resources (everybody can"t have everything they want, government decides) Explain and predict, were interested in outcomes. A conclusion reached through a process of logical thinking. Examples- canada vs. the us, universal healthcare but longer wait times. Democratic theory- two democratic countries won"t go to war. Countries go to war to distract from other problems. Three countries in civil war- somalia (30 years), syria, ukraine. Somalia is considered to be a failed state. Civil war- war between citizens of the same country.
