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Government

Government. Chapter 1. The State. State Country Nation Nation-State American “Hyphen”. 4 Features of a State. Population Consensus Territory Sovereignty Government Unitary vs Federal. Inequality Among States. Developed Nations 1 st world? Developing Nations

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Government

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  1. Government Chapter 1

  2. The State • State • Country • Nation • Nation-State • American “Hyphen”

  3. 4 Features of a State • Population • Consensus • Territory • Sovereignty • Government • Unitary vs Federal

  4. Inequality Among States • Developed Nations • 1st world? • Developing Nations • 2nd world/3rd world? • Interdependence

  5. Non-State Groups • Political Movements • PLO, Al-Qaeda • Multinational Corporations • GE, Apple, Disney, McDonalds • International Organizations • The UN, Universal Postal Union, IMF

  6. Purposes of Government • Maintain Social Order • Provide National Defense • Provide Public Services • Make/Control Economic Conditions

  7. Politics • “Who Gets What, When and How” • Government Benefits

  8. Constitutions • Purposes: • Rules of Governance • Highest Law • Structure of Government • Framework • Ideology of Government • Statement of Goals • Constitutional Power • Limited Government • Unwritten?

  9. Three Forms of Government • Autocracy • Oligarchy • Democracy • Form: Who governs? • System: How do they govern?

  10. Autocracy • Monarchy • Absolute Monarchy • DRK • Constitutional Monarchy • Dictatorship • Totalitarianvs Benign • Military vs Political

  11. Oligarchy • Aristocracy • Theocracy • Stratocracy/Junta • Plutocracy • Technocracy • Communism

  12. Democracy • Direct Democracy • Representative Democracy • Republic Vs. Democracy

  13. Characteristics of Democracy • Individual Liberty • Majority Rule, Minority Rights • Free/Fair Elections • Competing Political Parties

  14. Soil of Democracy • Favorable Economy • Free Enterprise/Capitalism • Widespread Education • Social Consensus

  15. Modern Political Philosophy • Freedom • Order • Equality Order Tree Equality Tree Freedom Tree • Classical Liberalism • Freedom • Order • Equality • Welfare Liberalism • Freedom • Equality • Order • Benign Fascism • Order • Freedom • Equality • Totalitarian Fascism • Order • Equality • Freedom • Socialism • Equality • Freedom • Order • Communism • Equality • Order • Freedom

  16. Role of Economic Systems • What and how much should be produced? • How goods and services should be produced? • Who gets the goods and services produced?

  17. Economic Systems • Capitalism • Socialism • Communism

  18. Capitalism • Private Ownership and Control of Property • Free Enterprise • Competition Among Businesses • Freedom of Choice • Possibility of Profits

  19. Origins of Capitalism • European “Free Markets” • Cooperation for Economic Gain • “Aggressive” use of wealth • Investments • Adam Smith • The Wealth of Nations • Laissez-Faire • Consumers and Producers • The Invisible Hand

  20. Free Enterprise in America • Not Pure Capitalism • The Great Depression • Preserve the Free Market • 1/5th of all products are bought by the US Government • Mixed-Market

  21. Socialism • Goals- • Distribution of Wealth and Opportunity throughout the system • Society’s Control (through the government) of all major decisions about production • Public ownership of most land, factories and other means of production • Democratic Socialism

  22. Communism • Karl Marx • “Scientific Socialism” • Das Capital • Bourgeoisie (The Capitalists) • Proletariat (The Workers) • The Communist Manifesto • Violent overthrow of the existing order • Command Economy • Timeline • Industrialized Nation, Limited Wealth Pool • Dictatorship of the Proletariat • Personal Evolution • Single Social Class, Government Eliminated

  23. Communism in Practice • Marx’s “First Nation”? • The Russian Revolution • The USSR • The DotP never ended • The KGB • Human Nature Never Changed • China • Party Congress • Industrialization Fails • Richard Nixon • Tiananmen Square

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