POLS 115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Channel One News, Temporary Assistance For Needy Families
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Politics is the distribution of power, who gets power. Government is the legitimate use of force within specific geographic boundaries, to control human behavior. Goals of government: maintain order and protect liberty, law and order, protect against foreign enemies, pr. Public goods: things not easily provided by the private sector (goods and services, programs) Rights: negative right or freedom is to be left alone/positive rights or freedom. (right are as real as witches) rights are only as real as you believe them, only as real as you believe them to. Democracy used to be known as a negative idea vs. today everyone likes democracy. *democracy in the u. s. is designed to limit what is done with the government, limits major changes/designed. 1. liberty vs. equality: liberty vs. democracy, liberty vs. security. Use the power of rights to limit the amount of democracy.
