[POLI 201] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (94 pages long!)

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 201
• Professor: Timothy Anderson

Document Summary

What is government: comes from old french: gouverner, means to rule or to control, is a mechanism where its makes decisions based on politics. People under government in a political community are called citizens: means: a city, a governed community, latin: citivas, civil, civilization, & civic comes from the same word. Stakeholder: neutral third party, stake means to gamble. 4 subfield in political science: political philosophy, canadian politics (how politics works in canada, comparative politics (comparing countries to each other in politics, international relations (how do countries act to the world) Politics as coalitions: caucus: smaller, personal relationships, formal alliances: nato, coalition governments, mass parties: electoral coalitions (all have different focus/interest) Influence: ways to persuade others, it"s i(cid:373)possi(cid:271)le to do de(cid:373)o(cid:272)(cid:396)ati(cid:272) politi(cid:272)s (cid:449)ithout it, influences must be voluntarily, it manifests itself in various forms: Effe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e (cid:373)a(cid:396)keti(cid:374)g, e(cid:454)a(cid:373)ple: t(cid:396)u(cid:373)p"s (cid:395)uote, (cid:862)(cid:373)ake a(cid:373)e(cid:396)i(cid:272)a g(cid:396)eat(cid:863)