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Chapter 1 (PAGES 3-4)In your own words explain what the textbook means when it states that politics exists in part because people differ about two things: who should govern, and the ends toward which they should work
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• Distinguish between the concepts of power, authority, and legitimacy.
• Pages 4-5
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• OUTLINE– I. What is Democracy? (6-7)– II. Is Representative
Democracy Best? (7-8)
– EXAMPLE OF OUTLINE– I. What is Democracy
• A• B
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• Outline
I. Is Democracy Driven by Self-Interest? (10-11)
II. What Explains Political Change? (11-12)
– CAPTURE THE MAJOR POINTS
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Explain the four answer that have traditionally been given to the question of who governs.•Marxist•Elitist•Bureaucratic•Pluralist
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• What is representative democracy and do any of the four theories of elitist politics allow for the possibility of representative democracy in this country, WHY
• Pages 6-10
• Was last question in GRQs
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• Representative Democracy is a political system in which political power is conferred on those selected by the voters in competitive elections
• None of the theories of elite rule would allow for representative democracy
• MARX – places political power in the hands of the owners of the means of production, not elected representatives
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• Weber – bureaucratic theory places political power in the hands of appointed officials, not elected ones
• Power Elite Theory – MILLS – places political power in the hands of two nonelectoral groups, corporate heads and military officers
• Pluralist Theory – places political power in the arena of bargaining among elites, many of whom are not elected
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• What are the SIX substantive goals that the Framers of the Constitution wanted to have the government achieve from day to day?
• What were the Framers two means of achieving these goals?
• PAGES: 155-156
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• Framers of the Constitution did not try to create a government that would do from day to day “what the people want.” They created a government for the purpose of achieving certain substantive goals– Preamble
• Form a more perfect union• Establish justice• Ensure domestic tranquility• Provide for the common defense• Promote the general welfare• Secure the blessings of liberty
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• How to achieve these goals
1. Popular rule – people to vote for members of House of Representatives and later for Senators and presidential electors
• No one public opinion would dominated because there would be many factions
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2. Not easy to know what public thinks – so we employ Public Opinion Polls – to understand what public wants and needs
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• Outline “What is Public Opinion?”
• Pages 156-158; stop at Political Socialization: The Family
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• Outline: “Political Socialization” Pages 158-162
• Outline: “Cleavages in Public Opinion” Pages 162-167
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• Outline
–Political Ideology – pages 167-172
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•Outline – “A Closer Look at NonVoting”
•Pages – 178-180•Use bullet points
to capture main ideas
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• Identify and explain three examples of how increasing federal control over registration and election rules has led to the inclusion of more groups of voters.
• Pages 181-183
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• Identify and explain the four categories of limited forms of political participation.
• Page 187-188• Read from “Who
participates in Politics” and stop at “The Causes of Participation” on page 188
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•Discuss how each of the following effect political participation. Education, Race And Ethnicity, Religion, Age, Social ClassPages: 188-191
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• Describe the impact of the ratification of the Twenty-sixth Amendment. What does the text say about trends in voting and rates of political participation among young people in recent years?
• Page 183
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• Explain how U.S. political parties differ from those of other Western nations. What are some of the major causes of these differences?
• Pages: 198-200
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• Identify and explain the three political arenas within which parties may be found
• Explain what the text considers a strong political party is.
• Page 199
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• What is a realigning period?
• What are two kinds of realignments?
• Why does an electoral realignment occur?
• Read 205-207 stop at party decline
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• Explain the two reasons for the long survival of the two-party system.
1. System of Elections (217 to top of 219)
2. Distribution of Opinions of voters (219-220)
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• Explain how the attitudes and traditions of American voters reinforce the institutional and legal factors that make American parties relatively weak?
• Pages 200-201
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• List and explain the five kinds of party organization described in the text. Give an example of each.
• Pages: 213-217