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1. Politics and Government
Political Scientist Harold Lasswell called politics
the process of determining “who gets what when
and how.”
Concepts Defined:
- Politics
- Government
- Authority
- Legitimacy

2. Politics and Government
Who makes Decisions in Government:
- Totalitarian Regimes
- Authoritarian Regimes
- Aristocracy
- Democracy (Two Types)
(1) Direct or Participatory
(2) Representative

3. Politics and Government
Consent of the People
The Extended Republic:
• Federalist 39, Madison: The Founders reject the
common thinking and form a Republic.

4. Legitimacy and Authority
Popular Sovereignty (Defined).
- When is Popular Sovereignty Exercised?
- Bruce Ackerman, We The People:
What is Required:
• Great need for a fundamental change.
• Means of expressing it.
When:
• The Founding
• The Civil War
• The 1930s/Great Depression

5. Who Governs? Political Culture?
Who Governs:
- Majoritarianism
- Pluralists
- Elites
- Bureaucrats
Dominant Political Culture in America
- Liberty
- Equality
- Property
-(Democracy)

6. Political Ideology
Political Ideologies:
- Line Chart
- Four Corner Grid Chart.

7. Political Ideology
A Typical Line Chart on Ideology:
Liberals Conservatives
|___________|______________|____________|__________|
Socialists Moderates Libertarians

10. Changes and Choices
The Changing Face of America
- Population is aging
- Ethnic Change
- More Urban
- Concept of traditional family changing
- More Educated
- Poverty
- Result: New Policy Choices
Political Change in America