From 33e8cefda3fbf89666beff7f6269863e8615a09b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Holden Rohrer Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 00:01:39 -0400 Subject: Read 62 pages of Jekyll and Hyde, read political cultures, lectures, and a quiz --- rich/05_lecture | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) create mode 100644 rich/05_lecture (limited to 'rich/05_lecture') diff --git a/rich/05_lecture b/rich/05_lecture new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d1f891f --- /dev/null +++ b/rich/05_lecture @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +Political Science trying to be a science doesn't make it a science, but +it approaches actionable results. +Trump, Obama campaigns use "Hope and Change," or "MAGA" based on how +voters interact with the political system. +Or presentations based on hard work vs god/religious messages. +Data collection and targeted messaging is getting better. + +# American Gov and Process +The government is slow/inefficient, but this is how it was designed by +the founders. +What did they want? + - Feared tyranny = distrust of power (in general) + - System of government + - Divides power (branches balance each other's power) + - Competitive: {bicameral legis. competes, states compete, + branches compete} for power + - Checks and Balances, Federalism + - Government is slow, piecemeal, and balanced + +Types of Gov (formal structure that rules people) +- Who governs? + Autocracy = one, oligarchy = group, democracy = people +- How much gov control? + Authoritarian = ( state > individual rights ), often violent + Totalitarian = ( state eliminates other forms of power, transforms + society ), always violent + Constitutional = power, rights, responsibilities designed beforehand +- Other, more complex classifications -- cgit