Roots
Natural Law
-Greeks thought that natural law is lessons and reason
Religion
-early on, the pope had a strong influence on the government
-what happened to change this? Martin Luther's 95 Theses
-people can be close to God without going to church
Enlightenment
-this idea led to the enlightenment
-more about individual during protestant reformation
popular consent
-government needs popular consent
-people are necessary for the government to exist
Social Contract theory
-it's also necessary for the government to be responsible for people
Hobbes
-people are savages, we need a strong gov., religion is separate from state
Locke
-natural rights, freedom to rebel, what influenced our government, two treatises on government, thomas Jefferson loves Locke.
monarchy
-one ruler (king, queen), divine right to rule
oligarchy
-ruled by an elite group
aristocracy
-ruled by nobility
democracy
-power to the peoplllleeeeee
direct
-we do not have a direct democracy
-unless you are in a small town hall like in the house on the prairie
indirect(representative) democracy
-we elect representatives who make decisions that represent our ideas
republic
-chosen representatives (appointed or chosen)
*The United States is both! (representative and republic)
Is government positive or force or negative necessity?
democrats/populists thought
-government is beneficial. (services, regulation, taxes help the country, etc.) republican/ libertarian thought
-government needs to be limited, it gets too involved, taxes are too high
internet in our society
-pros and cons
-more information
-access to truth
Mercantile system
-countries want to be as wealthy as possible (within their country)
-not free trade
-selfish kinda Adam Smith -wrote Wealth of Nations
-you need to trade!!
-need a... free market! invisible hand -guides the market
-supply and demand
-if we let it happen, everything will fall into place
-government needs to step back and shouldn't regulate it laissez faire economics
-leave it alone capitalism -free trade, private ownership, and less government regulation socialism
-collective ownership, no competition, the people own everything together, people are represented by government
-Europe-paying higher taxes and giving the gov't more control
-France-the state owns the airlines, etc. communism
-(ideally when) the workers have control have the means of production (factories, equipment. etc.)
-Karl Marx's idea
-workers united, all classes are abolished, everything is perfect FOREVER totalitarianism
-our modern idea of communist governments are actually most like totalitarian governments
- a system in which the gov't has total control of the economy
*these ideas of government don't actually purely exist anywhere
elite theory
-theory where only the elite are the ones in control
-could be applied to many things bureaucratic theory
-this federal gov't is what is really controlling
-Weber
-the bureaucracy-could encounter this at the library, or the DMV
-Hobbes refers to the government's different branches
-rules and laws, and paperwork that are used by the different branches and depts of the gov't that are growing
-Tea Party is concerned with this growth
-large organization that you can move through the many different levels-complicated interest group theory
-interest groups have a lot to do with what shows up in your caf.?
-the groups that show up with a lot of $ and more lobbying power, and they are the ones who have the power to decide what will show up in your lunches-example:Pepsi cola products
-environmentalist groups are also the same pluralist theory
-pluralism=Aristotle
-no single elite group can ever have a monopoly (too many different groups)
-we should be reaching to meet the needs of minority groups as well
-well organized interest groups are often ignored when put against larger groups with more money and power
-even if any idea is often for the good of the people, do not often come out working for everyone American democracy: popular sovereignty -Americans give the right to the gov't through majority rule
-population rules itself through this majority rule
-the winner takes all elections
-makes it almost impossible for a 3rd party to rise individualism
-very important for Americans
-we want our individual rights protected
equality
-we want our equality
*single women today-make more money then men* personal liberty
-not just about liberty
-personal space (BUBBLE)
Describe the changing demographics of the US and their effects on policy
-we will not have any s.s. because everyone is old (baby boomers)
political culture
-something we all share
-Example: VA is mo political ideology
-personal ideas
conservatism
-Republicans
-Right-sided
-Want less gov't involvement
-less taxes
-family values argument (not something that you can really vote on)
liberalism
-the belief that gov't involvement can be helpful to the people
libertarianism
want gov't out of their lives
-gov't not positive, they need to step down (federal more then state level gov't)
expectations-what we deal with as voters mistrust apathy
Roots
Natural Law
-Greeks thought that natural law is lessons and reason
Religion
-early on, the pope had a strong influence on the government
-what happened to change this? Martin Luther's 95 Theses
-people can be close to God without going to church
Enlightenment
-this idea led to the enlightenment
-more about individual during protestant reformation
popular consent
-government needs popular consent
-people are necessary for the government to exist
Social Contract theory
-it's also necessary for the government to be responsible for people
Hobbes
-people are savages, we need a strong gov., religion is separate from state
Locke
-natural rights, freedom to rebel, what influenced our government, two treatises on government, thomas Jefferson loves Locke.
monarchy
-one ruler (king, queen), divine right to rule
oligarchy
-ruled by an elite group
aristocracy
-ruled by nobility
democracy
-power to the peoplllleeeeee
direct
-we do not have a direct democracy
-unless you are in a small town hall like in the house on the prairie
indirect(representative) democracy
-we elect representatives who make decisions that represent our ideas
republic
-chosen representatives (appointed or chosen)
*The United States is both! (representative and republic)
Is government positive or force or negative necessity?
democrats/populists thought
-government is beneficial. (services, regulation, taxes help the country, etc.)
republican/ libertarian thought
-government needs to be limited, it gets too involved, taxes are too high
internet in our society
-pros and cons
-more information
-access to truth
Mercantile system
-countries want to be as wealthy as possible (within their country)
-not free trade
-selfish kinda
Adam Smith
-wrote Wealth of Nations
-you need to trade!!
-need a...
free market!
invisible hand
-guides the market
-supply and demand
-if we let it happen, everything will fall into place
-government needs to step back and shouldn't regulate it
laissez faire economics
-leave it alone
capitalism
-free trade, private ownership, and less government regulation
socialism
-collective ownership, no competition, the people own everything together, people are represented by government
-Europe-paying higher taxes and giving the gov't more control
-France-the state owns the airlines, etc.
communism
-(ideally when) the workers have control have the means of production (factories, equipment. etc.)
-Karl Marx's idea
-workers united, all classes are abolished, everything is perfect FOREVER
totalitarianism
-our modern idea of communist governments are actually most like totalitarian governments
- a system in which the gov't has total control of the economy
*these ideas of government don't actually purely exist anywhere
elite theory
-theory where only the elite are the ones in control
-could be applied to many things
bureaucratic theory
-this federal gov't is what is really controlling
-Weber
-the bureaucracy-could encounter this at the library, or the DMV
-Hobbes refers to the government's different branches
-rules and laws, and paperwork that are used by the different branches and depts of the gov't that are growing
-Tea Party is concerned with this growth
-large organization that you can move through the many different levels-complicated
interest group theory
-interest groups have a lot to do with what shows up in your caf.?
-the groups that show up with a lot of $ and more lobbying power, and they are the ones who have the power to decide what will show up in your lunches-example:Pepsi cola products
-environmentalist groups are also the same
pluralist theory
-pluralism=Aristotle
-no single elite group can ever have a monopoly (too many different groups)
-we should be reaching to meet the needs of minority groups as well
-well organized interest groups are often ignored when put against larger groups with more money and power
-even if any idea is often for the good of the people, do not often come out working for everyone
American democracy:
popular sovereignty
-Americans give the right to the gov't through majority rule
-population rules itself through this
majority rule
-the winner takes all elections
-makes it almost impossible for a 3rd party to rise
individualism
-very important for Americans
-we want our individual rights protected
equality
-we want our equality
*single women today-make more money then men*
personal liberty
-not just about liberty
-personal space (BUBBLE)
Describe the changing demographics of the US and their effects on policy
-we will not have any s.s. because everyone is old (baby boomers)
political culture
-something we all share
-Example: VA is mo
political ideology
-personal ideas
conservatism
-Republicans
-Right-sided
-Want less gov't involvement
-less taxes
-family values argument (not something that you can really vote on)
liberalism
-the belief that gov't involvement can be helpful to the people
libertarianism
want gov't out of their lives
-gov't not positive, they need to step down (federal more then state level gov't)
expectations-what we deal with as voters
mistrust
apathy