POLS 021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Campaign Finance, Social Equality

• School: University of Vermont
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 021
• Professor: Anthony G.Gierzynski

Document Summary

Government: a set of institutions that regulate behavior within territorial boundaries, or the legitimate use of force to control human behavior within specific geographical boundaries. Politics: battle for control of the government so it will pursue the objectives you value i. e. so it will do the things you want it to do. Ideology: a consistent set of values and beliefs about the proper purpose and scope of government. Maintain order behave in society (ex: marriage equality, abortion, public decency) Maintaining traditional patters of social relationships: norm of how people should. If they (cid:449)e(cid:396)e o(cid:449)(cid:374)ed (cid:271)y p(cid:396)i(cid:448)ate ha(cid:374)ds it does(cid:374)"t (cid:272)(cid:396)eate a g(cid:396)eate(cid:396) good fo(cid:396) so(cid:272)iety.