2. Goal – to understand that the S-F method and A&P’s terminology are useful for analyzing political systems. Starter – jot down a list of questions from homework 1.Current events discussion – explain the connections 2.Kesselman and the STs – Read Rogue that Plays by the Rules and highlight, underline, circle or otherwise indicate examples of each of the 5 Substantive Topics that are illustrated by this article. (use a different identifying notation for each ST) then complete ST chart kesselman and Rogue.doc 3.draw an S-F diagram for the US system 4.Use the US as the case-study to develop statements correctly using the 1 st 26 glossary terms AR # 6 p 20 5.Complete Palmer term activity sheet section 2 about connecting Palmer’s terms to the S-F approach AP Comp Day 5 – How and WHAT will we compare?

3. Substantive Topics and Kesselman Sovereignty, Authority, Power, Political Institutions Citizens, Society & State Political and economic Change Public Policy Collective identity Making of the state Governance and policy-making Democratic idea Collective identity Representation and participation World of states Political economy and development Politics in transition Rogue the Plays by the rules. Has state mercantilism Economy rules come from abroad – decreasing sovereignty foreign agencies help regulate China Legitimacy - governance and accountability No free press No independent judiciary Few property rights No independent legislature Has an FDA Very corrupt State-run Chinese media Foreign press have impact Integrated with global economy Multi-national corps Delegating powers to outsiders change occurs in a messy organic manner intertwined with rest of world Political change driven by econ Consumer protection change due to foreigners dying Public (dom.&for.) affect behind scenes Policy making in areas like AIDS and SARS and flu Int’l environment

4. Substantive Topics and Palmer’s Terminology Sovereignty, Authority, Power, Political Institutions Citizens, Society & State Political and economic Change Public Policy source of power can be limited by constitutional regimes Institutionalization shows legitimacy Economic systems (marxism, socialism, capitalism, mixed) Nationalism – external culture face Internal political culture Elites – unitary and pluralistic (recruitment Bureaucracy Catch-all, devotee, & single-issue parties More modern – the need for more complex structures structures – equitable distribution builds support political participation Masses – relative deprivation leading to anomic behavior Pressure groups Cross-cutting and cumulative cleavages institutionalization is a method of system change Pressure and elite linkage Economic and political conflict Structure of state influences change Outcomes of economic growth – growth w and w/o equity

5. Political System – collection of institutions involved in the creation and implementation of public policy System-environment approach- focus on general process and interaction between inputs, decision-making, outputs, feedback and the environment Structural-functional approach – focus on the process within each step in the system - the who and how each of inputs, decisions and outputs AND the evaluation of the effectiveness of the entire system in maintaining the regime and providing for the satisfaction of its people Typology approach – focus on comparing the various types of gov’t from authoritarian to democratic. Here system theory is augmented by categorization to better evaluate the success of various types and their strengths and weaknesses relative to each other Historical Approach – looking at the past to better understand where the political system will go in the future. Probably includes study of the political culture as it interacts with the political system

6. inputs Decision- making outputs Feedback

7. inputs Decision- making outputs Feedback History and culture

8. articulation aggregation Policy making implementation Policy functions System Functions Foreign state

9. Legitimacy A significant segment of the citizenry must believe that the state acts with some moral authority. People believe that the state has the right to issue rules binding for people within their borders - Kesselman People believe that rules should be followed voluntarily because they are in the best interests of all citizens. – Palmer People have the feeling that the regime’s rule is rightful and should be obeyed.- Roskin Some key legitimizing factors – Transparency, free elections, compatibility of system with culture, open and free press, economic success, improved living standards, rule of law, access to quality public services, civil rights, responsiveness to inputs, civil society, accountability, political efficacy, absence of relative deprivation

10. Rule of Law The concept that the power and discretion of government and its officials ought to be restrained by a supreme set of neutral rules that prevent arbitrary and unfair action by government. Also called constitutionalism. - Magstadt the principle that legal rules rather than arbitrary or personal decisions determine what happens – Hauss governments can take no action that has not been authorized by law and that citizens can be punished only for actions violating existing laws- A & P