1. Foundations of Government
1620
Mayflower Compact
Government

2. Why do we need Government?

3. ????????????
Order
Protection
Public Goods

4. Public Goods?
Roads
Schools
Parks
Police & Fire

5. Building Blocks of Gov. 2 essential powers 1. Means of Coercion (law)
2. Means of collecting revenue ($$)

6. Who Should Rule?
One?
A few?
Many?
Pros & Cons

7. Aristotle
Categorized
1. Number of people ruling
2. motivation (why)

8. Policy
Best qualified dominate
Well intentions

9. Today !!!!
Nation-States
Nation
State

10. Nation
Group of people who share a common ethnic origin, culture & language

11. State
Geographical area controlled by a single government

12. 4 characteristics
Territory

13. population

14. government
Code of laws or legal system

15. Sovereignty
Self governing
Independent

16. Check 1.3 4 characteristics of a nation-state?
3 purposes of government?