PS 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Oligarchy, Aristocracy

• School: App State
• Department: Political Science
• Course: PS 1100
• Professor: Kevin Mullinax

Document Summary

The institution and procedures through which a territory and its people are ruled. Thomas hobbes- state of nature or life without government. Lead to a war of all against all. Life would be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short ( test question ) People form social contract with a sovereign authority to form a civil society. State of nature, laws of nature govern people ( innate morals ) Government built on the consent of the governed . ~restrictions placed on government to protect natural rights. Provide public goods and services ( to what extent? ) Requires- means of coercion and means of collecting revenue. Totalitarian- no formal limits on power, limits any institution that challenges it, wants control over public and private life. Authoritarian- no formal limits, can be restrained by other institutions, focused on political power. Constitutional- formal and effective limits are place on power of government. Autocracy- single individual rules ( queen, king, dictator )