POLS 1337 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Robert A. Dahl, Natural And Legal Rights, Representative Democracy

• School: University of Houston
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1337
• Professor: Sarah Mallams

Document Summary

Gateway to democracy: evaluating the american political system, successes stability, peaceful transition of power through crisis, dissent is protected, John adams the intellectual leader of conservative federalists. He defended rule of law, minority rights and constitutional system. The constitution as gatekeeper: founders who follow the ideas of hobbes and locke social contract and unalienable rights. Framers recognize limit to government: direct democracy. Republic, factions and civil interest: divides power. Separation of power divides power within three branches of government. Checks and balances each branch has some power over the branches. Federalism divides power between national and state government: american political culture know that they favor individualism and us economic system favors. Capitalism. liberty, equality and democracy: american political ideology on the left it is the liberal and on the right is the conservative. It is based on two basic themes responsiveness and equality.