POLS 1150- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 57 pages long!)

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1150
• Professor: Mark Yanisziewski

Document Summary

1-4: originated in ancient greece; where focus is on civic duty, one is to act in community. Various definitions of politics proposed: room for disagreement as politics is a highly complex social behaviour driven by different way of thinking, living and, governing. Aristotle: we are basically political animals (political because we need to survive, the act of coming together in a community is as natural as eating, etc. In a community, must find way to make decisions: refe(cid:396)(cid:396)ed to politi(cid:272)s as (cid:862)the (cid:373)aste(cid:396) s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e of god,(cid:863) (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g politi(cid:272)s is a (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s of i(cid:374)(cid:395)ui(cid:396)y to determine what is in the best interest of society. Iron chancellor: his defi(cid:374)itio(cid:374) does(cid:374)"t see politi(cid:272)s as good o(cid:396) (cid:271)ad (cid:396)athe(cid:396), (cid:374)eut(cid:396)al (cid:862)the a(cid:396)t of the possi(cid:271)le,(cid:863) (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g the process where competing desires and wants are reconciled into a final policy outcome. Gord vidal (cid:862)politi(cid:272)s is (cid:373)ade up of t(cid:449)o (cid:449)o(cid:396)ds; poly (greek: many) and ticks (cid:894)(cid:271)lood su(cid:272)ki(cid:374)g i(cid:374)se(cid:272)ts(cid:895)(cid:863: negative definition.