POL 161- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 141 pages long!)
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Speci c origins/forces: print capitalism, search to nd people to sell printed things to people > rst went to the church to sell bibles in latin. Political economy: in the united states, we tend to think of politics & economy as two different spheres > not true. [interconnected: pursuit of power and pursuit of wealth are not separate things > politics & economics join together. Political-economic systems: every political-economic system has different views on the institutions that make up the economy. Mercantilism: about the power and prestige of the state [talks about the nations power, orients its economy to make the state wealthy [all about building up power & performance of the state. Italy: only rich families who had the right to vote & participate. Vikings: had local traditions that embodied collective decision making > innovative for the time period. England: king and parliament had shared power > checks and balances.
