POLI 2051 : Exam One Review
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Life without government would be definitions of government and politics -- government - a formally established social contract theory can help answer the why question. For the most part, the exam is over topics covered in the lecture, although i refer you to the book occasionally in this review. The items with a * by them are topics that have given students trouble on this exam in the past. What is government and why do we have it? way of making and carrying out political decisions. Politics - the competition to shape government"s impact on society"s problems and goals. we allow ourselves into this arrangement? worse. Without government, we would have to exist in what some have called the state of nature. Social contract theory can guide us here to some extent. It is not a written contract, but rather, a general agreement between the people and their government.
