LSU POLI 2051: EXAM 1 STUDY
GUIDE PART 1 CORRECT 100%
government - ANSWERA formally established way of making and carrying out
political decisions.
politics - ANSWERThe competition to shape government's impact on society's
problems and goals.
social contract theory - ANSWERA formally established way of making and carrying
out political decisions.
empirical theory - ANSWERThe way things are.
normative theory - ANSWERThe way things ought to be.
purposes of government - ANSWER1. Protecting life
2. Rights and liberties
3. Providing public goods
4. Promoting equality
political ideology - ANSWERA coherent set of belief about how policies affect society
and which policies are desirable.
liberal - ANSWER- Big government
- Size of government is based on budget
- Congress is financially in charge
- POTUS makes submits a budget, Congress uses as blueprints
free-market system - ANSWERAn economic system based on the idea that
government should interfere with economic transactions as little as possible. Free
enterprise and self-reliance are the collective and individual principles that underpin
free markets.
political thinking - ANSWERReflective thinking focused on deciding what can
reasonably be believed and then using this information to make political judgements.
authoritarian government - ANSWERA form of government in which those in power
openly repress their opponents in order to stay in power.
republican - ANSWERA form of government in which power resides in the people
and is exercised by their elected representative.
conservative - ANSWER- Small government
- Slower at embracing change
populist - ANSWER- People over economic elites
GUIDE PART 1 CORRECT 100%
government - ANSWERA formally established way of making and carrying out
political decisions.
politics - ANSWERThe competition to shape government's impact on society's
problems and goals.
social contract theory - ANSWERA formally established way of making and carrying
out political decisions.
empirical theory - ANSWERThe way things are.
normative theory - ANSWERThe way things ought to be.
purposes of government - ANSWER1. Protecting life
2. Rights and liberties
3. Providing public goods
4. Promoting equality
political ideology - ANSWERA coherent set of belief about how policies affect society
and which policies are desirable.
liberal - ANSWER- Big government
- Size of government is based on budget
- Congress is financially in charge
- POTUS makes submits a budget, Congress uses as blueprints
free-market system - ANSWERAn economic system based on the idea that
government should interfere with economic transactions as little as possible. Free
enterprise and self-reliance are the collective and individual principles that underpin
free markets.
political thinking - ANSWERReflective thinking focused on deciding what can
reasonably be believed and then using this information to make political judgements.
authoritarian government - ANSWERA form of government in which those in power
openly repress their opponents in order to stay in power.
republican - ANSWERA form of government in which power resides in the people
and is exercised by their elected representative.
conservative - ANSWER- Small government
- Slower at embracing change
populist - ANSWER- People over economic elites
