POLS 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Revamp, Donald J. Savoie, Treasury Board
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Important concepts and themes to remember state theory. Politics (cid:498)who gets what, when, and how(cid:499) harold laswell. Government set of institutions that make and enforce collective, public decisions also the current group in power. Ideology body of ideas used in support of an economic, political or social. Public administration the way in which governments conduct themselves through bureaucratic processes a discipline and a practice. Direct democracy in which people have a direct say in the matters of the. Representative democracy in which people appoint representatives to. Autocracy government by a single absolute ruler. Capitalism economic system based on the private ownership and the free. Mixed economy mixture of private and state control. Socialism means of production and distribution controlled by government. Communism all property owned by all in a classless society. Right members of a group who hold more conservative/traditional views. Centrist holding or advocating of moderate political views. Left members of an organization most favoring change liberal.