Political Science 1020E Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Kwame Anthony Appiah, Napoleon, Robert A. Dahl
1 Jul 2018
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JG Herder
● Natural and durable, nations develop from an objective foundation like religion
Anthony Smith
● Nations build from objective foundation but not all groups with objective foundation
become a nation
Adam Smith and David Ricardo
● Wealth of nations, allow markets, small state
Marx and Friedrich
● Economy is the key to rest of society by determining class form and the nature of the
state
● Marx: The restless bourgeoisie, globalism is part of expansion of capitalism
● Liberal democracy: purely economic ‘Power Elite’
Burke
● Theories of representation: Trustee Superior, independent judgement, pick a person
then get out of the way
Mill
● Plural voting, let some people have more votes
Robert Dahl
● Western Polyarchie:
○ 1. Rule of law
○ 2. Competition
○ 3. Increasing participation
Napolean bonaparte
● Made referendum and got popular vote and threaten people who were voting
Kwame Appiah
● History may have made us what we are but the choice of a slice of the past in a period
before your birth as your own history is exactly that: a choice
Max Weber
● Monopoly of coercion within a given territory
Joseph Schumpter
● Democracy about procedure not goals
● People dont rule - they are the producers of government (Choose competent)
● Competitive elitism
Locke
● Clear constitutional constraints
Montesquieu
● Separation of powers (president separate from legislature, aristotle had the idea but
didn't have institutions)
Weber
● Domination + legitimacy = authority
Eric Hobsawn
● Political nationalism tradition is invented ex. Teaching french in schools in france
Benedict Anderson
● “Imagined community” its all in your head
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Document Summary
Natural and durable, nations develop from an objective foundation like religion. Nations build from objective foundation but not all groups with objective foundation become a nation. Wealth of nations, allow markets, small state. Economy is the key to rest of society by determining class form and the nature of the state. Marx: the restless bourgeoisie, globalism is part of expansion of capitalism. Theories of representation: trustee superior, independent judgement, pick a person then get out of the way. Plural voting, let some people have more votes. Made referendum and got popular vote and threaten people who were voting. History may have made us what we are but the choice of a slice of the past in a period before your birth as your own history is exactly that: a choice. Monopoly of coercion within a given territory. People dont rule - they are the producers of government (choose competent)
