POLS 1602 Lecture 1: POLS September 2
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States with large latino populations will be targeted by the candidates. Goals of candidates in debates: avoid the perry fiasco actually talk and be on your feet in the moment understand what you"re talking about. Republican debate rick perry 2008: be understandable and memorable, create a storylines (newspapers) Democrats have the advantage due to obama granting amnesty to immigrants. Anchor babies- illegal immigrants come to the united states produce children and are us citizens becomes an argument to keep parents here (donald trump) negative connotation give your parents a foot hole in the us. Max weber (vaber) (1864-1920) says the intuition in society with 1) force gained by weapons and man power 2) legitimacy - gained by staying there is a government. The goal: citizens must obey without too much complaint: nationalism- a sense of devotion to the interests of a nation- a care about the nation- the nation is important to me- die, pay taxes to the nation.
