POLI 100 Chapter 3: Chapter 3 Lecture Notes
22 Dec 2011
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Aristotle (384-322 bce): the father of political science . Systematic survey of known constitutions, both theoretical and actual. Man by nature is a political animal aristotle, politics, 350 bc. Household food, shelter, sleep, sex (controlled by women) Village or civil society commercial distribution of physical necessities; the market (controlled by men) Polis or political community security, public facilities, public ritual and morality (controlled by men) American founding fathers: james madison, established a set of checks and balances to control the democratic elements of the new state. Democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried. Essentially contested concept : regimes of differing forms claim to be democratic . French revolution (1789: the need for support from the masses gives rise to the call for popular government (government by the people) American revolution (1775-1783: by the people, for the people (still distrusted, though) Classical: emphasis on participation, rousseau, j. s mill, ancient athens.
