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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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
“the art of governing” …to express what the government
should or should not do.”
I.E. - POWER!
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
GOVERNMENT IS AN INSTITUTION THROUGH
WHICH A SOCIETYMAKES AND ENFORCES
PUBLIC POLICIES
PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT
1. What makes governments RECOGNIZED as “nations?”
2. How is government ORGANIZED?– Federal, Unitary, Confederate
3. How is POWER DISTRIBUTED?– Presidential, Parliamentary
4. Who can PARTICIPATE? – Democracy (Direct/Representative),
Dictatorship
NATION – STATES?What do the following have in common?
What are their differences?
•NORTH KOREA •PENNSYLVANIA•AL QAEDA•PALESTINE•ISRAEL
NATION - STATES HAVE 4 CHARACTERISTICS
1. POPULATION 2. DEFINED TERRITORY 3. GOVERNMENT4. SOVEREIGNTY
• How has the perspective of nation states changed in the 21st Century?