[POL SC 1] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (53 pages long!)

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Globalization: increasing interdependence of citizens and nations across the world. Government: legitimate use of force (firearms, imprisonment, and execution) within specified boundaries to control human behavior. Gov = organization of agency allowed to exercise that force. National sovereignty: political entity"s externally recognized right to exercise final authority over its affairs. Government"s right to govern its people as it wishes (without other nations trying to change things) National sovereignty is threatened by globalization ^ Citizens must give up some freedom to be governed (so citizens are not completely free) 3 major purposes of governments: (1) maintain order (established ways of social behavior) (2) provide public goods (benefits/services that are good for all citizens; not likely to be produced voluntarily by the citizens) (3) promote equality. Government tries to do the following 3 concepts: (1) freedom (2) order (3) equality. Freedom of:: the absence of constraints on behavior; freedom to do something (liberty)