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WHAT IS GOVERNMENT? WHAT ARE POLITICS?

WHAT IS GOVERNMENT? WHAT ARE POLITICS?. What’s the difference?. AN INSTITUTION THROUGH WHICH A SOCIETY…. MAKES AND…. ENFORCES. PUBLIC. POLICIES. “POLY” – MANY “TICKS” – Blood sucking parasites. HAH, HAH – JUST KIDDING . POLITICS. “Polites” (Greek) – Citizen

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WHAT IS GOVERNMENT? WHAT ARE POLITICS?

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  1. WHAT IS GOVERNMENT?WHAT ARE POLITICS? What’s the difference?

  2. AN INSTITUTION THROUGH WHICH A SOCIETY…

  3. MAKES AND…

  4. ENFORCES

  5. PUBLIC

  6. POLICIES

  7. “POLY” – MANY “TICKS” – Blood sucking parasites

  8. HAH, HAH – JUST KIDDING 

  9. POLITICS “Polites” (Greek) – Citizen “the art of governing” …to express what the government should or should not do.” I.E. - POWER!

  10. POLITICAL BEHAVIOR • Identifying YOUR political views - Political Spectrum (Liberal, Conservative, Libertarian, Statist) • Why do certain groups behave a certain way? Political Behavior Tendencies • Why do we have political parties? The Functions of Political Parties • How do Americans behave politically? • The 2 Party System • Minor Parties

  11. GOVERNMENT IS AN INSTITUTION THROUGH WHICH A SOCIETY MAKES AND ENFORCES PUBLIC POLICIES

  12. PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT • What makes governments RECOGNIZED as “nations?” • How is government ORGANIZED? • Federal, Unitary, Confederate • How is POWER DISTRIBUTED? • Presidential, Parliamentary • Who can PARTICIPATE? • Democracy (Direct/Representative), Dictatorship

  13. NATION – STATES? What do the following have in common? What are their differences? • NORTH KOREA • PENNSYLVANIA • AL QAEDA • PALESTINE • ISRAEL

  14. NATION - STATES HAVE 4 CHARACTERISTICS • POPULATION • DEFINED TERRITORY • GOVERNMENT • SOVEREIGNTY • How has the perspective of nation states changed in the 21st Century?

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