POLI 2051 : Exam 1 Review
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For the most part, the exam is over topics covered in the lecture, although i refer you to the book occasionally in this review. The items with a * by them are topics that have given students trouble on this exam in the past. A formally established way of making and carrying out political decisions. Govt can do things for us. w/o govt we would have to exist in what some have called the state of nature. politics the competition to shape govts impact on society"s problems and goals. things are. Purposes of government social contract theory can help answer the why question normative the way things ought to be. and empirical theories the way definitions of government and politics. Political ideology a coherent set of beliefs about how policies affect society and which policies are desirable. In the u. s. we mainly think of two: liberals and conservatives.
