poli 201
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- what is the role of the goverment
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1 ) Maintain order
2) Protect Liberty
3) Promote eqaulity - What are some of the Delimmas that the goverment faces in doing its job?
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1) Freedom vs order
2) Freedom vs Equality - What is Goverment American style?
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1) democracy
2) Republican Goverment (representative goverment)
3) Majority rules, minority rights. - What is the Majoritarian model of Democracy?
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1 values participation of the individual citizen.
2 majority rules
3 Candidate elections
4 Public opinion polls - what is the pluralist model of democracy?
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1 Values participation thru groups
2 no one group controls
3 Baised agianst the poor?
4 based on madison federalist No.10 - what is the balancing act
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majority rule
minority rights
the social contract - what are the model of democracy
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Majoritarian
Pluralist - what are the three parts of phase one(building government)
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1)by 1630's Virginia House of Burgesses
General court of Massachusetts
2)by 1760's written constitutions, bill of rights, legislative assemblies, social theory
3)era of "salutary neglect," Edmund Burke, MP - phase 2 (tensions build)
- treaty of Paris 1763- reform of the British Empire--control of trade and commerce
- The Imperial Debate
- It is inseparably essential to the freedom of a people...that no taxes should be imposed on them, but with their own consent, given personally or by representatives.
- what are the three types of government
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confederation
federal
unitary - what are the functional characteristics of federalism
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both national and state governments- soverign
shifting balance of power
endless source of conflict - what is dual federalism ("layer cake" Model)
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states rights
tenth amendments
enumerated powers of conflict - what is cooperative federalism ("marble cake" model)
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national supremacy clause
elastic clause/implied powers (Art. 1, Sec.8)
supreme court's power of judicial review - what is the trend toward national power
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politics more important than theory
always a struggle over real issues
all three branches have been involved - who is chief justice Roger Taney (1836-1864)
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dual federalism
emphasizes authority of state re slavery
calhoun expands to "nullification doctrine" - what was the war between the states(1860's)
- national supremacy
- what happen in the industrial revolution and beyond (1870-1930's)
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supreme court emphasizes "economic freedom" --against the states and national government
minority rights --sides with the states - what happen in the new deal and beyond (1933-1970's)
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president/congress expand role of national gov.
cooperative fed.
1937 supreme court backs away
impact of cold war and national security - what was new federlism (1970's to present)
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dual federalism modern dress
give back power to the states, but with national and fed. guidelines - what did the supreme court do (1970's to present)
- they joined in, restricting congress authority, and emphasizing the tenth amendment
- what is civil liberties (protecting liberties)
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the original dilemma, which Locke inherent characteristics of persons
the balancing act in the social contract - what is civil rights (promoting equality)
- the modern dilemma, which issue- different treatment
- why do we have civil liberties
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rejection of "legislative omnipotence"
a limitation on majority rule - where do we find civil liberties
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the bill of rights
decisions of the supreme court - what are three categories of civil liberties
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First amendment rights
rights of the accused
a few others