DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY POL S 215 – SECTION 3: INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT FALL 2013 MONDAY‚ WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY 2:10 PM – 3 PM 1652 GILMAN Instructor: Dr. Valerie Hennings vmh@iastate.edu Office: 545 Ross Hall Office Hours: 9 - 11:30 a.m. Tuesday & Thursday and by appointment Teaching Assistant: Bobbi Newman bnewman@iastate.edu Office: 515 Ross Hall Office Hours: 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Monday‚ Wednesday & Friday and by appointment
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examples of two globalizing forces and explain each. 2. What is sovereignty? Identify to forces that challenge state sovereignty in the contemporary world. 3. What is liberalization and how is it different from democratization. Distinguish political liberalization from economic liberalization. Provide examples of each. 4. What is meritocracy and how is it different from democracy? Identify an example of a government or US state agency that is based on the principle of democracy and one based
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1. Intro to Political Science Definition- is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state‚ government‚ and politics. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics‚ and analysis of political systems and political behavior according to Aristotle. Function and Importance – The function of Political Science is to discover the principles that should be adhered to in public affairs that eventually would serve as a model that can be applied to matters
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by the constitution? a. Appointment of judges and ambassadors b. Commander-in-chief of the armed forces c. Voice of the people d. Veto over legislation passed by Congress Answer. C. Voice of the people. 2. How does gerrymandering influence political power in Congress? a. By allowing members of Congress to send mail free. b. By helping incumbents ignores state reapportionment plans. c. By creating federal projects for which members of Congress can take credit. d. By designing safe seats to
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The Importance of the Study of Political Science 1. Governments are the formal institutions of politics. Where there is government‚ there is politics. Where there is politics‚ there is power. Together with the formal institution of the state‚ they constitute the political system a term to suggest that politics is indeed a complex process involving citizen’s attitudes and interests‚ group organizations‚ electioneering‚ lobbying and formulation‚ implementation and interpretation of laws. It is important
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10/19/2012 -Roosevelt corollary 1904 - in the future if a European counties that has a debt problem with a Latin America country then you would go to the United States and not go straight to the country. Have US enforce the policy and collect debt. - Latin America countries did not like the policy ( Dominican Republic had issues with the British so America took over the government and seized control of the resources) -Summer of 1914 - Europeans was ready to begin another internal war‚ the
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study of politics should be ‘scientific’ has excited controversy for centuries. What is at stake is the nature of our political knowledge‚ but the content of the argument has varied enormously. For example‚ 1741 when Hume published his essay‚ ‘That Politics May Be Reduced to a Science’‚ his concerns were very different from those of people who have sought to reduce politics to a science in the twentieth century. Although concerned to some degree to imitate the paradigm of Newtonian physics‚ Hume ’s main
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Jusayan‚ Janine Ann June 20‚ 2009 M0522 Prof. Ramil Mondejar 1. Guidelines for effective expository writing * STEP ONE: SELECTING A TOPIC If your professor assigns you a specific topic to write about‚ then this step is completed before you even begin. However‚ often the teacher will allow students to choose their own essay topic‚ so it is important to be able to choose effectively. This is also true is the professor proposed a broad topic‚ but demands that you write
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10/20/13 How scientific is political science? | David Wearing | Comment is free | theguardian.com This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Find out more here How scientific is political science? The study of politics claims to be objective‚ but can it – and should it – shake off our own moral and political priorities? David Wearing theguardian.com ‚ Monday 8 March 2 01 0 1 1 .3 0 GMT In the early stages of my PhD research‚ I’ve
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Ch. 5 Take Home Quiz 1. The seven key principles the farmers based the office of the presidency are: single presidency‚ a voting system such as electoral college was developed‚ fixed term of office‚ president was eligible for more than one term of office‚ president could be removed from office through process of impeachment‚ president was given the veto power‚ and presidents were allowed to act on their own. 2. The four options the president has when a bill reaches his desk are: signing
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