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Poli-Sci
Lectures 1 & 2
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 1
09/07/2012

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Politic Scientists
Definition
Find orders and patterns out of chaos
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Government 
Definition
formal political arrngements by which a land and its people are ruled
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Autocracy
Definition
political authority given to  1 person
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Oligarchy
Definition
Small group of landowners, military officers,or wealthy merchants control gov decisions
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Democracy
Definition
people have the influence over leaders' actions
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Constitutional
Definition
governments that are so limited
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Authoritarian
Definition
political and social inst that gov is unable to control may help keep the gov in check but law imposes few real limits
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Totalitarian
Definition
Governments that try to dominate every sphere of pol, econ, and social life
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Legitimacy 
Definition
perception that gov has right to rule
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Rousseau
Definition
gov exist to execute laws, maintain civi and pol liberty
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Hobbes
Definition
gov exists to maintain order
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Locke
Definition
Gov exists to protect individual lib and property
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rationality principle
Definition
all political behavior has a purpose
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institution principle
Definition
institutions structure politics. Institutions are the rules & procedures that provide incentives
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Collective Action
Definition
all politics is collective action
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The History Principle
Definition
who we are and where we've been and how we got here matters
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