POLI 2053 Chapter : Overview Of 10 Systems
Document Summary
There is no perfect political system: people poke fun at america because we elected a president that lost the popular vote. Politics is an art, while political science is how we study politics: there are several areas, comparative politics: compare one country to another. International politics: things happen between countries: political theory: ideas, american government, political economy, political communication, comparative politics critical importance, significant. It is so complicated, not everyone can do it: politicians often don"t deliver results, a do-nothing mentality, corruptive influence of money, politicians are lacking in vision. Presidential: france, russia, china, mexico, nigeria, iran: president is head of state, elected by universal suffrage, governs without depending on legislative (parliament) iran is exception, most powerful figure. Great britain: conservatives (tories) have majority, theresa may is prime minister after brexit and cameron resigned. Brexit means brexit : hard brexit: no more attachment to eu, soft brexit: some attachment to eu, trump will help uk.
