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 Name  What do you like to be called?  Where are you from?  Do you have any experience in politics or government?  Why are you taking this class? (Constitution requirement, prospective political science major, general interest, etc.)

 The use of scientific methods to study some aspect of society (human beings and their interactions).  Anthropology  Economics  History  Political Science  Psychology  Sociology  Etc.

 Study of power and the organization of power  Harold Lasswell: “Who gets what, when and how.”  Power: Creation and enforcement of laws and rules deciding  What you have the right to do (MAY)  What you have the obligation to do (MUST)  What you’re prohibited from doing (MAY NOT)

 Use of the scientific method to:  Observe: “What’s happening?”  Explain: “Why is it happening? Why is it happening that way ?”  Predict: “What’s going to happen?”

 Do whatever you want  No rules, no laws, no restrictions  Unlimited right to acquire property  What’s the problem?

 No way to protect your own property or otherwise prevent your rights from being violated  What’s the answer?

 Give up some of your complete freedom in exchange for the protection of your remaining freedom  You agree not to steal, and others agree not to steal from you  Are you better off?  Who makes the rules and laws?

 Government in a free society exists to make and enforce laws in a way that protects the rights of the people  Power to make rules and laws gives you a great deal of power over others’ lives  Imprisonment  Taxation  Etc.

 Divine Right  Monarch endowed by God with power  Democracy  People govern directly  Republic/Indirect Democracy  People choose leaders who make decisions  Dictatorship  I make the rules because I have the biggest gun.

 isidewith.com/political– quiz  Did your results surprise you?  Theories of Power