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| Quick History of Political Science |
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-Body of knowledge with theorys
-Political comes from the Greek Word "Polis" (subject of Politics).
-First word of Politics came from Aristole 300BC "The Politics"
-Focused on government (which is better)
*Changed in mid 20th century (study was incomplete without looking at society/environment) |
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| Efforts by individuals or groups to influence government officials to adopt policies the individuals or groups desire. |
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Subtype of Political Participation
Conventional/Normal Particpation |
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-Voluntary (cannot be forced to do it. Anything with a punishment cannot be counted).
Ex. Voting, Campaigning, Contact Government (Direct influence), Community Action (no party affilation, volunteering). |
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Subtype of Political Participation
Unconventional/Confrontation Participation |
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People resort to this rather than normal participation when hopeless and see normal participation as useless and will fail.
Ex. Demostrations (that halt city with protests) and civil war. |
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| Textbook Model of Citizenship |
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| Normative model of citizenship that may also be empirical one. |
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| How something ought to act. |
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| How something does act in reality. |
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3 Assumptions About Textbook Model
*Good Citizen |
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1. Citizens are interested in public policy
2. Citizens are informed about public policy.
3. Citizens are active in pressing their views of policy on the government. |
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| One survery can give different results but very slightly. |
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May be exaggerated because people want to look good.
*More people claim they voted but they didn't. They want to look good and be good citizens* |
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| Greatest form of participation. |
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| Participation is a product of.. |
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1. Socio-economic Status (SES) = Objective measure of class. However, hard to clearly measure because everyone has opinions. Includes levels of education, income and job status.
2. Age
3.Race |
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| -Primarily white people, who, exchanghe for passage (from Ireland, England) agreed to work for service to pay for trip. People worked for several years (7) and would later be free. -However, there began to be a shortage (no travel b/c of black death). Servuces needed to modify and contracts were extended to a few more years. |
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| Most active participation age |
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