Week 1: Politics and Knowledge
I. What is Politics?
- Politics is the exercise of power
- Politics is the public allocation of things that are valued
- Politics is the resolution of conflict
- Politics is the competition among individuals and groups
pursuing their own interests
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Politics is the determination of who gets what, when and how
Politics
is the process through which power and influence are used
in the promotion of certain values and interests
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Politics is always present when there is public significance
Politics through government:
- how much education is good for us
- what kind of education is enough
- how much money you have to give to the government
- how this money should be spent
II. Sources of Political Knowledge
Where do we get our political knowledge:
- family
- friends
- television
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books and newspapers
- teachers
- politicians
Competing claims about the political world
Political science
is a set of techniques, concepts and
approaches whose objective is to increase the clarity and
accuracy of our understanding of the political world.
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- Spring '16
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- Political Science, Political Philosophy, political knowledge
