POLI 2051 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Capitalism, Oligarchy, Supremacy Clause
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Government: a formally established way of making and carrying out political decisions. Politics: the competition to shape government"s impact on society"s problems and goals. The house of representatives is the only thing that the people vote for directly. Social contract theory is normative (the way things ought to be), not empirical (the way things actually are) It states that life without government would be solitary, nasty, brutish, and short. People consent to be governed because the government can do things for us that would be hard for us to do for ourselves. Protecting life: physically protecting people and providing national defense, maintaining law and order. Providing public goods: roads, schools, garbage pickup. etc. These things can conflict: differences can be understood in terms of. Political ideology a coherent set of beliefs about how policies affect society and which policies are desirable liberal conservative populist libertarian. The policy process: an overview of the course.
