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Find orders and patterns out of chaos |
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formal political arrngements by which a land and its people are ruled |
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political authority given to 1 person |
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Small group of landowners, military officers,or wealthy merchants control gov decisions |
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people have the influence over leaders' actions |
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governments that are so limited |
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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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Governments that try to dominate every sphere of pol, econ, and social life |
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perception that gov has right to rule |
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gov exist to execute laws, maintain civi and pol liberty |
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gov exists to maintain order |
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Gov exists to protect individual lib and property |
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all political behavior has a purpose |
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institutions structure politics. Institutions are the rules & procedures that provide incentives |
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all politics is collective action |
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who we are and where we've been and how we got here matters |
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