Outline The Study Of American Government Essay
Chapter 1 Outline: The Study of American Government
Background
It’s important to know how power is spread out in a country:the people/organizations who hold power, their opinions and beliefs affects what they do for and to society
The government creates laws and policies that affect its people;it’s hard to tell based off of what activities the government chooses to do who is governing (and vise versa)
There is a connection between power and purpose
What is Political Power?
Sometimes power is evident, like a president’s executive power to declare war
Sometimes power is not apparent, like a speech writers for the president
Power is within human relationships
For years, there has been a great separation of public & private matters, today, the …show more content…
Our Founding Fathers were worried that a direct democracy would lead foolish votes due to passion and/or popular opinion that people held people vote and give representatives power. These representatives then compete and the winner makes decisions for the people.
Con: takes a long time & information for representatives decide on vote/decision
Pro: Representatives more likely to choose & vote reasonably
Is Representative Democracy Best? (In text:Democracy & “republican form of government”=representative democracy)
In order to function, there must be opportunities for possible leader to compete with each other (campaign) and that communication (speeches, hold press meetings) is free. Voters must also believe that they have good (and enough) choices.
Some struggles: finding how many representatives, how many elections, number of candidates, funding for races (U.S. funds by groups such as unions, industry, private)
A few believe that direct democracy can be achieved: appears in the form of propositions, neighborhood committees
Why the Framers of Constitution chose a Representative
Background
It’s important to know how power is spread out in a country:the people/organizations who hold power, their opinions and beliefs affects what they do for and to society
The government creates laws and policies that affect its people;it’s hard to tell based off of what activities the government chooses to do who is governing (and vise versa)
There is a connection between power and purpose
What is Political Power?
Sometimes power is evident, like a president’s executive power to declare war
Sometimes power is not apparent, like a speech writers for the president
Power is within human relationships
For years, there has been a great separation of public & private matters, today, the …show more content…
Our Founding Fathers were worried that a direct democracy would lead foolish votes due to passion and/or popular opinion that people held people vote and give representatives power. These representatives then compete and the winner makes decisions for the people.
Con: takes a long time & information for representatives decide on vote/decision
Pro: Representatives more likely to choose & vote reasonably
Is Representative Democracy Best? (In text:Democracy & “republican form of government”=representative democracy)
In order to function, there must be opportunities for possible leader to compete with each other (campaign) and that communication (speeches, hold press meetings) is free. Voters must also believe that they have good (and enough) choices.
Some struggles: finding how many representatives, how many elections, number of candidates, funding for races (U.S. funds by groups such as unions, industry, private)
A few believe that direct democracy can be achieved: appears in the form of propositions, neighborhood committees
Why the Framers of Constitution chose a Representative