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| Political Science vs Political arts |
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Definition
1. Timing
2. Relationships |
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| Declining Levels of trust in government |
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Definition
1. Money in politics(richer= better odds)
2. aggressiveness of the press(No such thing as privacy)
3. less trust of others in general(No more front porches etc.) |
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Definition
1. Change in the world
-cold war
-fall of berlin wall
2. What is the role of the US in the world?
-window of opportunity,
-blue print for Cold War foreign policy- "present at the creation"
a. marshall plan
b. containment |
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| Since President Obama's 1st state of the Union Speech: |
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Definition
-change of tone
a. bipartisan appeal
-criticism of supreme court decision allowing corporations to contribute to campaigns
a. influence of foreign shareholders in US elections. |
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| Change in the World Affairs: |
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Definition
A. Cold war set tone for foreign policy blueprint
1. marshall plan
2. containment
3. Reagan Doctrine
B. Blueprint now?
C. things to consider:
1. relationship with China
2. International Police Force- a global army on call
3. International Peace Corps
D. Importance of study abroad
E. Need direction
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| leadership through Partnership |
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Definition
A. Using influence to work with other countries
B. Forming international friendships
C. Outcome would be less hostility towards the US
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Definition
A. US gives cash currently
B. Other countries give their products
1. creates a market for products-produces more jobs
C. state department opposed to change
D. It's easier to give cash than set up a system to give US products. |
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Definition
A. Intelligence
1. IMINT
2. SIGINT
3. HUMINT
B. Reliance of technology
C. Quality of the President's Daily Brief(PDB)
D. Boorstin's Law- the more information we have, the less knowledge we have
E. Abundance of information in the digital age |
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Definition
A. Boorstin's Law
B. More reliance on technology
1. Less human interaction |
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| The importance of History |
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Definition
A. Understanding context
1. Example of Tiananmen Square
B. Current events(information) require context(knowledge) to understand.
C. University Curriculum |
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| Importance of understanding culture and history of other countries |
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Definition
A. China- nationalism and olympics?
B. Internal complexities of countries(iraq and afghanistan) |
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| Intelligence and information |
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Definition
A. Director of National Intelligence(DNI)
1. Should coordinate intelligence sharing across agencies
2. Office is too large to manage |
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Definition
A. Gridlock where not as much gets accomplished
B. Party line voting in Congress
C. Reflection of the country in general
1. Bill Bishop and The Big Sort
2. We are separating ourselves into like minded communities
D. we select our media
1. Reinforces our own biases |
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| What can we do to bring people together? |
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Definition
A. The university experience
B. Shared experiences
1. impact on segregation after WWII
C. Formation of bipartisan working groups |
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Term
| Bumping up against Economic Limits |
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Definition
A. Growth of US economy after WWII followed by a slow down in the early 70's
B. Concentration of wealth
C. CEO salaries
D. US budget taken up with
1. defense spending
2.entitlement programs(SS, Med)
3. interest on debt
E. Difference between deficit and debt
1. National debt 12.3 tril
2. 2009 budg def 1.7 tril
F. two ways to address budg def
1. cut spending
2. raise taxes
G. means testing
H. Gov competes with individuals for loans
1. result- more difficult for individuals and businesses to get financing
2. money is loaned to the government from other countries such as china
a. high debt makes the US more dependent. |
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