LSU POLI 2051: Exam 1 Study Guide Part 1 UPDATED Questions and CORRECT Answers
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POLI 2051
LSU POLI 2051: Exam 1 Study Guide Part 1
UPDATED Questions and CORRECT
Answers
government - CORRECT ANSWER - A formally established way of making and carrying
out political decisions.
politics - CORRECT ANSWER - The competition to shape government's impact on
society's problems and goals
LSU POLI 2051: Exam 1 Study Guide Part 1
UPDATED Questions and CORRECT
Answers
government - CORRECT ANSWER - A formally established way of making and carrying
out political decisions.
politics - CORRECT ANSWER - The competition to shape government's impact on
society's problems and goals.
social contract theory - CORRECT ANSWER - A formally established way of making and
carrying out political decisions.
empirical theory - CORRECT ANSWER - The way things are.
normative theory - CORRECT ANSWER - The way things ought to be.
purposes of government - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Protecting life
2. Rights and liberties
3. Providing public goods
4. Promoting equality
political ideology - CORRECT ANSWER - A coherent set of belief about how policies
affect society and which policies are desirable.
liberal - CORRECT ANSWER - - Big government
- Size of government is based on budget
- Congress is financially in charge
, - POTUS makes submits a budget, Congress uses as blueprints
conservative - CORRECT ANSWER - - Small government
- Slower at embracing change
populist - CORRECT ANSWER - - People over economic elites
- Reform movement
- Rural farm movement
popular sovereignty - CORRECT ANSWER - People are the ultimate source of
government authority and the people determine what the government does. The people decide
whom they want and whom they like. If they don't like someone, then they don't have to vote for
them the next time.
individualism - CORRECT ANSWER - The idea that people should take initiative, be self-
sufficient, and accumulate the material advantages necessary for their well-being.
politics - CORRECT ANSWER - The process through which a society settles its conflicts.
pluralism - CORRECT ANSWER - A theory of American politics that holds that society's
interests are substantially represented through the activities of groups.
constitutionalism - CORRECT ANSWER - The idea that there are lawful limits on the
power of government.
free-market system - CORRECT ANSWER - An economic system based on the idea that
government should interfere with economic transactions as little as possible. Free enterprise and
self-reliance are the collective and individual principles that underpin free markets.
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