Reading Notes

Department 1.two

  1. Ability- the power to have direct influence of a thing or people. What a person with authorization has
    1. The government has thepower to make and enforce laws.
    2. power
  2. Authority- the correct and/or power to requite orders and receive obedience
    1. The Supreme Court has the say-soto decide if something is ramble.
    2. authority
  3.  Legitimacy-how authentic something is. How truthful something is.
    1. Thelegitimacy of the claim was debated in court.
    2. legitimacy
  4. Mandate of Heaven- an order direct from God, usually in term of who rules.
    1. The rex declared he had amandate of heaven that allowed him to dominion.mandatehvn
  5. Divine Right of Kings- the correct to rule given direct by God.
    1. King Arthur held theDivine Correct of Kings.
    2. divine right
  6. Social-Contract theory- a person'southward obligations to their government depends on the agreement between citizens and regime. If the contract is breached on either side, it can be terminated.
    1. John recognized thatsocial-contract theoryis the reason there is an understanding between an individual and its government.
    2. contract

Section 1.three

  1. Authorities- the protection of individuals based on what the individuals give power to.
    1. The founding fathers decided that ourgovernment would exist a democracy.
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  2. Public good- the well-being of the public.
    1. Government is often in charge ofpublic good every bit one of their duties. They have the ability and authorisation to make decisions for public practiced.
    2. pub
  3. Compulsion- using threats or force to achieve goals involving other people.
    1. The legitimacy of autonomous say-so is questioned when the government's goals is accomplished through coercion.
    2. coercion
  4. Revenue-the amount of income brought in.
    1. The government'srevenue can derive from their import to consign ratio. Usually higher revenue is better for the public adept.
    2. rev
  5. Polity- an organized society
    1. Typically a authorities or institution, apolity is commonly a legitimate power intended for the system of the public expert.
    2. polity
  6. nation-land: an expanse of governance where the citizens are ordinarily founded in beginnings or language.
    1. Anation-land where the authorities is based on commonalities.
    2. nationst
  7. sovereignty: supreme authority
    1. When a regime has sovereignty  take ultimate authority or power.
    2. sov

Section 1.4

  1. Politics- The policy of a government, their ideologies.
    1. In a nation-statepolitics can influence laws.
    2. popo
  2. Institution- organizations or shaping sets of rules
    1. Theinstitution of democracy in America is largely upheld by the division of power.
    2. institution

Section 1.5

Five Political Games
Game Description Example
Horse Trading: Winning by Giving to Get It's basically a game to achieve a "win-win situation". Giving one'south opponent something that they want for exchange of something equal(or greater) value The Missouri Compromise: Missouri is admitted as a state, and the Southern states accepted a ban on slavery in much of the Louisiana territory and Maine was admitted as a gratuitous state.
Walkout Walk out and refuse to return until the opposition agrees to give them something they render Cesar Chavez organized strikes "walkout" until subcontract workers got decent pay and working conditions
Power Struggle Trying to outsmart your opponent through sometimes stray cunning Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis ordered a naval blockade while preparing to search for missiles. However they came to an agreement on the terms that the U.s.a. would non invade Cuba , which was agreed to publicly, and a 2nd, that the The states would remove its missiles from the border of Turkey (undercover agreement). Allowed world to think that Soviets backed down by threat of state of war
Demolition Derby Destroy the opposition, often in bloodbath Rome in the Third Punic War burnt the metropolis of Carthage to the ground and the survivors were sold into slavery.
Civil Disobedience Commonly moral crusaders whose goal is to end a social or political evil by publicly shaming the opposition through deliberately disobeying an unjust law. Gandhi used massive campaigns to protest colonialism