This document contains the entire course materials for DeVry POLI330 Political Science, including 7 weeks of discussion posts, assignments, and assessments. It covers key topics in political science like political ideologies, different forms of government, interest groups and lobbying in the US, and challenges to democracy. The document provides discussion questions, case studies, and hypothetical scenarios to help students explore these concepts and apply political theory to real-world issues and debates.

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DeVry POLI330 Week 1 discussions
Politics in Our Daily Lives (graded)
As we read and discuss the definition ofpolitics,let’s also consider the consequences ofpolitical decisions upon our
daily routines.
Can you think of a time when a political act impacted your daily life? What made this experience political?
As we begin our discussions,let’s notforget to commenton each other’s posts.Can you see any similarities in your
situations?
The Study of Political Science (graded)
Our text mentions thatPolitical Science “seeks to studyhuman behavior through the use of a scientific method that,
at times,can promptobjections and debate.”
If this is true, why do you think this is the case? Please be sure to provide a specific example from the text to support
your response.
DeVry POLI330 Week 2 discussion
Types of Power (graded)
If politics truly defines who gets what, when,where,and how,then those that succeed at this game musthave some
advantage in doing so.This advantage comes from power.
So, what is the definition of power? And what types of power are utilized in the political realm?
Theories Regarding the State (graded)
Chapter 4 begins with a description ofPlato’s allegoryof the cave. As we focus upon the ethical questions concerning
the role of the state this week, let’s take a closer look at this parable.
What is the setting of the story? Who are the main characters? And what major events transpire?
DeVry POLI330 Week 3 discussions
Ideologies Compared (graded)
This week your Critical Reflection Paper compares the concepts ofliberalism and socialism.To bestprepare you for
this assignment,let’s take a deeper look at the variations found within liberalism.Classical liberalism is ba sed upon
the work of John Locke and Adam Smith whereas modern liberalism focuses upon the work of T.H. Green.

2. So, what are the differences between these two forms ofliberalism? And of the two, which do you agree with most?
Fascism Explored (graded)
Your text states that fascism is “an ideologythatintroduces totalitarianism as the objective of political decision
making.” Its practice stands in opposition to both liberal and socialistideals.So,what does fascism have against
individualism,family,and pacifism?
DeVry POLI330 Week 4 discussions
The Supreme Court (graded)
The lecture this week suggests thatthe Supreme Courtis the leastdemocratic branch ofgovernment, and yet it
serves an importantfunction in our democracy.What are the advantages and disadvantages ofhaving a branch of
governmentthat is not democraticallyelected? Would you change the way the court is appointed?
Democracies Compared (graded)
Over the pastfew weeks,we have had the opportunityto explore the roots of political philosophy.Let’s take a
momentto focus in upon the idea of democracy. So, what is the true definition ofdemocracy.
DeVry POLI330 Week 5 discussion
Parliamentary versus Presidential Systems (graded)
As we turn our focus to the international realm,let’s take a momentto compare the governmental systems ofthe UK
and the U.S.
Identify a few key differences between a parliamentaryand a presidential system.How is the top leader selected
differently? How do you think this difference impacts the kind of people who are chosen?
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THE ROLE OF THIRD PARTIES (GRADED)
Third parties in the U.S. are notorious for their lack of success.
So, can anyone explain why this is?
DeVry POLI330 week 6 discussion
CHALLENGES TO WESTERN DEMOCRATIC IDEAS (GRADED)
People in democratic societies would like to think the process would/could/should work everywhere. But sometimes
when democracyis exported, it’s rejected in the mostemphatic and sometimes violent ways.What is it about the idea
that people in non-Western societies don’tlike?>
ETHNIC VIOLENCE (GRADED)
In discussing the conceptofviolence this week, let’s take a momentto consider the following situation.
Imagine a country where religious factions inside a nation wantto have their own separate homeland.The
governmentrefuses,claiming the territory in question,which commands the nation’s onlysource ofclean water, is
vital to security. Is violence inevitable?
DeVry POLI330 Week 7 Discussion

3. The European Union (graded)
In considering the international realm,let’s consider the conceptof economic treaties.Specifically,let’s think aboutan
organization like the European Union (EU). Why was it formed? In addition,whatare some ofthe objectives of the
nations thatare joining the EU?
Global Markets (graded)
Several countries around the world are transitioning to a marketeconomy;the mostsignificantofthese are China and
Russia.Whatdo you think the impactwill be on other countries around the world as these two countries become
even more significantin the global economy? What are some examples ofthis impact?
POLI 330 Week 1 TCO Assessment
Question 1. Question :(TCO 1) What were your economic left/rightresults?
Question 2. Question : (TCO 1) What were your social libertarian/authoritarian results?
Question 3. Question : (TCO 1) If a person believes thatmarketshould regulate itself,and that government
should stayout of business,would he or she fall more to the right or the left side of the political scale?
Question 4. Question : (TCO 1) If a person believes thatfederal agencies such as the FDA, EPA, and SEC
serve a public good,is he or she moving more to the right or left of 100% capitalis m?
Question 5. Question : (TCO 1) If a person feels that the governmentis needed to ensure thatall people
obtain equality, would he or she fall more on the right or the left of the economic scale?
Question 6. Question : (TCO 1) If a person believes thatmandatorygun safety classes should be required to
buy a gun,would he or she move up or down the social scale?
Question 7. Question : (TCO 1) If a person believes thatChristianityis or should be the national religion ofthe
United States, would he or she move up or down the social scale?
Question 8. Question : (TCO 1) If a person believes thathe or she knows more abouthis or her own life than
the government,and thus should have the authority to make his or her own decisions,would he or she move more up
or down the social scale?
POLI 330 Week 2 TCO Assessment
(TCO 6) In a 100% capitalist structure, the owners are offered what advantages?
(TCO 6) In a 100% capitalist structure, the owners face what challenges?
(TCO 6) In a 100% socialist structure, the owners would be offered what advantages?
(TCO 6) In a 100% socialist structure, the owners would be faced with what challenges?
(TCO 6) In a 100% capitalist structure, the workers are offered what advantages?
(TCO 6) In a 100% capitalist structure, the workers face what challenges?

4. (TCO 6) In a 100% socialist structure, the worker would be offered what advantages?
(TCO 6) In a 100% socialist structure, the worker would be faced with what challenges?
POLI 330 Week 3 TCO Assessment
(TCO 2) As we have been discussing, throughout history, many people were not fans of pure
democracy. One of the reasons for this was the idea of factions, as addressed in Madison’s
Federalist No. 10. So what is the definition of a faction?
(TCO 2) Why are factions a threat to a democratic government?
(TCO 2) According to Madison, what are the two ways to remove the cause of a faction?
(TCO 2) From your reading, please distinguish why the two ways to remove a faction are not
effective.
(TCO 2) What is it about human nature that causes factions to form?
(TCO 2) Differentiate the characteristics of a pure democracy from a republic.
(TCO 2) In referencing Madison, provide at least two reasons explaining why a republic can do
a better job of controlling the effects of faction than a pure democracy.
(TCO 2) Assess Madison’s argument. Do you find that a republican form of government is the
best way to control factions, in contrast to pure democracy? And how do you think this system
has worked in controlling the factions over time?
POLI 330 Week 4 TCO Assessment
(TCO 3) From your own research, what interest group did you find? Please list its name and
website information.
(TCO 3) From your own research, list three important pieces of information that give us a
picture of what your interest group believes.
(TCO 3) From your own research, describe a specific policy action your group desires.

5. (TCO 3) From your own research, whom does this group lobby most, or most effectively? For
example, is there a political party or certain congressional representatives who seem to get more
of its attention, money, or information? Which committees and subcommittees would it
particularly lobby?
(TCO 3) From your congress.gov research, what is the title of the legislation (include its
origination or appropriate numbers)?
(TCO 3) From your congress.gov research, who are its key sponsors and their party affiliation?
(TCO 3) From your congress.gov research, what is its current status within Congress?
(TCO 3) From your congress.gov research, describe briefly your personal reaction to this
legislation. Do you think it will pass and do you think it should pass? Why? (Two to three
sentences are required.)
POLI 330 Week 5 TCO Assessment
(TCO 4) What are your initial, nonlegal, thoughts on this case? How would you decide it based
on your own belief structures? For example, if you were the judge in this case, would you
would allow Mr. Trident to leave the hospital, thus bringing about his death? Or would you feel
for Mr. Trident but side with the hospital because he clearly is not in the right mind to make
such decisions for himself? Or would you perhaps side with the hospital because people should
not be allowed to refuse medical treatment or go to the extreme of ordering the hospital to aid in
the shortening of his life so that he did not have to suffer a painful death? What would you do?
Please put some thought into your answer and provide at least 4–5 sentences as you explain it.
(TCO 4) What is the difference between moral and legal reasoning?
(TCO 4) In a true legal argument, should legal reasoning or moral reasoning be used?
(TCO 4) Mr. Trident is arguing that the hospital has violated his 14th Amendment right to due
process. What part of the 14th Amendment is he referring to in his argument?
(TCO 4) Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health is a case studied in the right-to-die
debate. What precedent did it help to establish?
(TCO 4) How does the Cruzan case factor into Mr. Trident’s argument?

6. (TCO 4) Given the precedent established in the Cruzan case, how would you now have to
decide the case if you were the judge?
(TCO 4) What other U.S. Supreme Court cases deal with the right-to-die issue?
POLI 330 Week 6 TCO Assessment
(TCO 7) What is your final plan to present to the president? What changes did you decide to
implement?
(TCO 7) Please explain why you chose the options that you did.
(TCO 7) How will your decisions affect the elderly, the poor, the rich, and national security if
implemented?
(TCO 7) Was covering the hypothetical budget gap more or less difficult than you expected?
Please explain.
(TCO 7) Which of your decisions might be perceived as politically motivated? Why?
(TCO 7) What are the trade-offs of preserving some programs while protecting others?
(TCO 7) How do your decisions result in a marginal benefit to society so that they can
outweigh the marginal cost to society?
(TCO 7) Did doing this exercise change your feelings about the budget debate in Washington?
If so, how? If not, why not?
POLI 330 Week 7 TCO Assessment
(TCO 9) As the simulation shows, Muhammed’s father was killed by the Israelis in their war of
independence, as they attempted to defend their state and enforce the boundaries established by
the UN. Although this was an international decree, all Muhammed witnessed was his father’s
death and the loss of his family home as the land of his forefathers was taken to make room for
what many Palestinians viewed as the “occupiers.” If you were him, how would you react? For
example, would you blame the Israelis for hurting your father and taking your land, and then
pass on this hatred to your children so they would know never to trust the Israelis? Would you
seek revenge for your family and people? Or is there a chance that you would accept the new

7. conditions of the UN resolution because it was in the best interest of the people of the world?
What about simply seeking strength in your religion and guiding your children away from the
hatreds of the past in an effort to protect them? Please put some thought into your answer and
provide at least 4–5 sentences as you explain it.
(TCO 9) Within the Israeli home, Ben knows from the horrors faced by his parents what can
happen when there is not a state of Israel in the world. He thus supports his state and will do
anything to defend its claim to this region. How does this differ from Muhammed’s stance?
(TCO 9) What do Muhammed and Ben have in common?
(TCO 9) Serapin and Sarah _____.
(TCO 9) Judith and Ahmed are the youngest members of their respective families. What do
they have in common?
(TCO 9) Given what you have read and what you know about the conflicts between Israel and
Palestine, what is the likelihood that the children will continue the cycle of violence in this land
if nothing radically changes?
(TCO 9) What impact has the violence in this land had on the legitimacy of the Israeli
government?
(TCO 9) Abdullah has admittedly committed terrorist acts against Israel. According to your
text, does terrorism work?
Week 1 to 7 Quizzes Included