Question | Answer |
Three Enumerated Reasons to Study Politics are... | Fragility, Satisfactory, Participation, Accountibility |
How is the government fragile? | They can't operate without attention. Governments can be broken. |
How can we gain satisfication from the government? | The government works to help people live well. Governments always have flaws. Some governments can be better than others. |
Why should we participate in government? | Because the government works for us. If we don't vote and join in making decisions, we can't complain about the place we live in. |
Is the government accountable? | We seek to blame or hold our government accountable for certain events. Without a government, who could we blame when things go wrong? The government is under the people so we have to know what the government is doing and award to award/punish it. |
The study of who wins and loses. Who gets what, when they get it, and how they get it is determines through... | Politics |
Politics fundamentally involve the alications of... | Scarce Resources |
What is a scarce resource? | Something that we need but is of low supply. |
An organization that extends to the entire society and can use force to execute its decisions (some of the people can be punished) is a... | Government |
What are some things the government can control? | Clothing dyes, wheather or not you can sell something for a profit, how much salt or what kinds of oils are to be used in fast foods, etc. |
Why do we allow the government to make rules? | Because we feel that the governments rules are legitimate. We become comfortable with these rules because we know they are necessary to keep society in order. |
What does the government provide? | Order, and tranquility. The government solves disputes (political and civil) that we couldn't on our own |