POLI 2051 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: First Continental Congress, Continental Army, Tea Act
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19/01/2016 13:12:00: what is government and why do we have it, mixed feelings from most people about gov"t. Government - a formally established way of making and carrying out political decisions: much less threatening than other definitions . Politics - the competition to shape government"s impact on society"s problems and goals: battle for power, who gets what when and how, what the book hardball is about. What would life be like without government: chaotic, rudish, solitary, not pretty, life in the state of nature is not picnic, aka the life of the other teams" fans on gameday in tiger. Social contract theory can guide us here to some extent. Normative - the way things ought to be: the way proper relationship between the ones who govern and the ones who are governed should be. Empirical - the way things actually are: describes the way things are in an objective state.
