Chapter 1 (PAGES 3-4)In your own words explain what the textbook means when it states that politics exists in part because people differ about two things: who should govern, and the ends toward which they should work

• Distinguish between the concepts of power, authority, and legitimacy.

• Pages 4-5

• OUTLINE– I. What is Democracy? (6-7)– II. Is Representative

Democracy Best? (7-8)

– EXAMPLE OF OUTLINE– I. What is Democracy

• A• B

• Outline

I. Is Democracy Driven by Self-Interest? (10-11)

II. What Explains Political Change? (11-12)

– CAPTURE THE MAJOR POINTS

Explain the four answer that have traditionally been given to the question of who governs.•Marxist•Elitist•Bureaucratic•Pluralist

• What is representative democracy and do any of the four theories of elitist politics allow for the possibility of representative democracy in this country, WHY

• Pages 6-10

• Was last question in GRQs

• Representative Democracy is a political system in which political power is conferred on those selected by the voters in competitive elections

• None of the theories of elite rule would allow for representative democracy

• MARX – places political power in the hands of the owners of the means of production, not elected representatives

• Weber – bureaucratic theory places political power in the hands of appointed officials, not elected ones

• Power Elite Theory – MILLS – places political power in the hands of two nonelectoral groups, corporate heads and military officers

• Pluralist Theory – places political power in the arena of bargaining among elites, many of whom are not elected

• What are the SIX substantive goals that the Framers of the Constitution wanted to have the government achieve from day to day?

• What were the Framers two means of achieving these goals?

• PAGES: 155-156

• Framers of the Constitution did not try to create a government that would do from day to day “what the people want.” They created a government for the purpose of achieving certain substantive goals– Preamble

• Form a more perfect union• Establish justice• Ensure domestic tranquility• Provide for the common defense• Promote the general welfare• Secure the blessings of liberty

• How to achieve these goals

1. Popular rule – people to vote for members of House of Representatives and later for Senators and presidential electors

• No one public opinion would dominated because there would be many factions

2. Not easy to know what public thinks – so we employ Public Opinion Polls – to understand what public wants and needs

• Outline “What is Public Opinion?”

• Pages 156-158; stop at Political Socialization: The Family

• Outline: “Political Socialization” Pages 158-162

• Outline: “Cleavages in Public Opinion” Pages 162-167

• Outline

–Political Ideology – pages 167-172

•Outline – “A Closer Look at NonVoting”

•Pages – 178-180•Use bullet points

to capture main ideas

• Identify and explain three examples of how increasing federal control over registration and election rules has led to the inclusion of more groups of voters.

• Pages 181-183

• Identify and explain the four categories of limited forms of political participation.

• Page 187-188• Read from “Who

participates in Politics” and stop at “The Causes of Participation” on page 188

•Discuss how each of the following effect political participation. Education, Race And Ethnicity, Religion, Age, Social ClassPages: 188-191

• Describe the impact of the ratification of the Twenty-sixth Amendment. What does the text say about trends in voting and rates of political participation among young people in recent years?

• Page 183

• Explain how U.S. political parties differ from those of other Western nations. What are some of the major causes of these differences?

• Pages: 198-200

• Identify and explain the three political arenas within which parties may be found

• Explain what the text considers a strong political party is.

• Page 199

• What is a realigning period?

• What are two kinds of realignments?

• Why does an electoral realignment occur?

• Read 205-207 stop at party decline

• Explain the two reasons for the long survival of the two-party system.

1. System of Elections (217 to top of 219)

2. Distribution of Opinions of voters (219-220)

• Explain how the attitudes and traditions of American voters reinforce the institutional and legal factors that make American parties relatively weak?

• Pages 200-201

• List and explain the five kinds of party organization described in the text. Give an example of each.

• Pages: 213-217