1. Government
Chapter 1

2. The State
State
Country
Nation
Nation-State
American “Hyphen”

3. 4 Features of a State Population Territory Sovereignty Government
Consensus
Territory
Sovereignty
Government
Unitary vs Federal

4. Inequality Among States
Developed Nations
1st world?
Developing Nations
2nd world/3rd world?
Interdependence

5. Non-State Groups Political Movements Multinational Corporations
PLO, Al-Qaeda
Multinational Corporations
GE, Apple, Disney, McDonalds
International Organizations
The UN, Universal Postal Union, IMF

6. Purposes of Government
Maintain Social Order
Provide National Defense
Provide Public Services
Make/Control Economic Conditions

7. Politics
“Who Gets What, When and How”
Government Benefits

8. Constitutions Purposes: Constitutional Power Unwritten?
Rules of Governance
Highest Law
Structure of Government
Framework
Ideology of Government
Statement of Goals
Constitutional Power
Limited Government
Unwritten?

9. Three Forms of Government
Autocracy
Oligarchy
Democracy
Form: Who governs?
System: How do they govern?

10. Autocracy Monarchy Dictatorship Absolute Monarchy
DRK
Constitutional Monarchy
Dictatorship
Totalitarian vs Benign
Military vs Political

11. Oligarchy Aristocracy Theocracy Stratocracy/Junta Plutocracy
Technocracy
Communism

12. Democracy Direct Democracy Representative Democracy
Republic Vs. Democracy

13. Characteristics of Democracy
Individual Liberty
Majority Rule, Minority Rights
Free/Fair Elections
Competing Political Parties

14. Soil of Democracy Favorable Economy Widespread Education
Free Enterprise/Capitalism
Widespread Education
Social Consensus

15. Modern Political Philosophy
Freedom
Order
Equality
Order Tree Equality Tree Freedom Tree
Classical Liberalism
Freedom
Order
Equality
Welfare Liberalism
Benign Fascism
Order
Freedom
Equality
Totalitarian Fascism
Socialism
Equality
Freedom
Order
Communism

16. Role of Economic Systems
What and how much should be produced?
How goods and services should be produced?
Who gets the goods and services produced?

17. Economic Systems
Capitalism
Socialism
Communism

18. Capitalism Private Ownership and Control of Property Free Enterprise
Competition Among Businesses
Freedom of Choice
Possibility of Profits

19. Origins of Capitalism European “Free Markets” Investments Adam Smith
Cooperation for Economic Gain
“Aggressive” use of wealth
Investments
Adam Smith
The Wealth of Nations
Laissez-Faire
Consumers and Producers
The Invisible Hand

20. Free Enterprise in America
Not Pure Capitalism
The Great Depression
Preserve the Free Market
1/5th of all products are bought by the US Government
Mixed-Market

21. Socialism Goals- Democratic Socialism
Distribution of Wealth and Opportunity throughout the system
Society’s Control (through the government) of all major decisions about production
Public ownership of most land, factories and other means of production
Democratic Socialism

22. Communism Karl Marx Command Economy Timeline “Scientific Socialism”
Das Capital
Bourgeoisie (The Capitalists)
Proletariat (The Workers)
The Communist Manifesto
Violent overthrow of the existing order
Command Economy
Timeline
Industrialized Nation, Limited Wealth Pool
Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Personal Evolution
Single Social Class, Government Eliminated

23. Communism in Practice Marx’s “First Nation”? The Russian Revolution
The USSR
The DotP never ended
The KGB
Human Nature Never Changed
China
Party Congress
Industrialization Fails
Richard Nixon
Tiananmen Square