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| What are the four steps of schattchneiders model of politics? |
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1. conflict among groups.
2. Issue gains visibility through media.
3. Issue reaches the agenda of government.
4. There are winners and losers. Feedback |
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| "democratic" government according to schattschneider does what? |
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| Conditions of a nation state |
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1. must posses people.
2. find territory
3. some sort of political organization
4. sovereignty: no higher authority can tell you what to do. |
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| What is the state of nature? |
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| a state of equality and freedom where no one has the power to tell someone else to do something. absolute freedom. |
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| you cant harm another person |
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| How are the punishments decided in the state of nature? |
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| whatever crime/harm you do, you will be equally punished |
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| how do you get out of a state of nature? |
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| when you join a political party |
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| why do people leave the state of nature? |
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| assure protection, liberties, property |
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| what 3 things does nature lack? |
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1. and established law
2. known and indifferent judge
3. power to back and support the senate. |
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| How do people achieve the things that nature lacks? what two things must they do? |
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Definition
1. give up doing what they want
2. punishing people |
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| how must a government govern, according to locke? |
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Definition
1. established laws for all
2. laws only for the good of the people
3. no tax w/o rep
4. cannot transfer the power to make laws to anyone else. |
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| what is the force theory? |
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Definition
| the rulers forced themselves to the top. ie. russia |
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| what is the evolutionary theory? |
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starts with a family, then expands to a clan, to tribe, then state.
ie. israel |
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| what is the divine right theory? |
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| they have the right to rule because of some higher duty/god |
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| what is the social contract theory? |
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| people agree to join a society and follow laws and principles in exchange for protection/ |
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| what does our government do for us? |
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1. defense
2. public services
3. preserve order
4. socialize the youth
5. collect taxes |
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| who gets what when and how. |
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| what is political participation? |
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| how people get involved in the government (votingm riots, protesting) |
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| what are single issue groups? |
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| groups that vote for someone based off of one single issue. |
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| what are the principles of democratic theory? |
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Definition
equality in voting
effective participation
enlightened understanding
citizens control
majority rule
but still have minority rights |
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| what is the pluralist theory? |
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Definition
| groups influence public policy |
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| what is the elite and class theory? |
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| upper class rules politics |
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| what is the hyper pluralism theory? |
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| groups so strong that they take over government as in girdlocking it. |
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| what are the challenges of democracy? |
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Definition
1. not run by the people
2. no participation
3. expensive to run for office
4. greedy people, no compromise. |
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| what are the views of the anti federalists. (cato) |
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Definition
| too much power and ambition leads to tyrant. |
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| what are catos objections to the first article? |
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Definition
biennial elections suck
# of rep too few
will lead to aristocracy |
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| what are the four main things the anti federalist no. 46 mentioned? |
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Definition
we need a bill of rights to protect us.
congress doesn't need so much power (necessary improper clause)
supremacy clause
judicial review |
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| federalist papers: why was it written? |
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Definition
| to convince the state of ny to ratify the constitution |
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| who were the authors of the federalist papers? |
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Definition
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| why were the federalist papers important |
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Definition
-after ny ratified other states followed
-they achieved their goal
-explain the Constitution in modern terms
-snapshot of what the country should look like |
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| what were the ideas in federalist 10? |
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republics are good.
factions are bad. |
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1. group of people
2. united by a common interest
3. opposed to anyone who disagrees with them |
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| what were the ideas in federalist 51? |
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Definition
checks and balances
separations of powers
2 chambers
states vs central government rights. |
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| there are two levels of government. state and central |
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| what is the difference between national powers and state powers |
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| national powers are enumerated and state powers are reserved. when they have the same powers, its called concurrent. |
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| what are some state powers, national powers, and concurrent powers. |
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state: education, elections, intrastate commerce
national:declare war, treaty, foreign relations.
concurrent: courts, laws, banks |
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| limits federal power. more state powers. less of congress |
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| what is cooperative federalism? |
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Definition
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| why did we change over to federalism? |
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Definition
| cases, ww1/2, great depression |
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| art 1 sec 8 gives congress the power to coin money but they cant create national banks. maryland wanted to tax a bank mccollouch said no judical branch decided no states cant tax . step towards cooperative federalism |
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| both owned steamship companies. the state of new york tried denied gibbons of access to their waterways. supreme court said they could control commerce wherever they felt needed and said ny cant do that. |
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| gun free school zone act. lopez brought gun to school. they said the gun free school zone act was unconstitutional because guns don't affect commerce. supreme court said too far. |
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| which article created the office of vp |
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| authorities must be held on specific charges |
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| Constitution, and the Laws of the United States … shall be the supreme Law of the Land." It means that the federal government, in exercising any of the powers enumerated in the Constitution, must prevail over any conflicting or inconsistent state exercise of power. |
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