1. 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

2. Distinguish between the concepts of power, authority, and legitimacy. Pages 4-5

3. OUTLINE –I. What is Democracy? (6-7) –II. Is Representative Democracy Best? (7-8) –EXAMPLE OF OUTLINE –I. What is Democracy A B

4. Outline I.Is Democracy Driven by Self-Interest? (10-11) II.What Explains Political Change? (11-12) –CAPTURE THE MAJOR POINTS

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

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

13. Outline “What is Public Opinion?” Pages 156-158; stop at Political Socialization: The Family

14. Outline: “Political Socialization” Pages 158-162 Outline: “Cleavages in Public Opinion” Pages 162-167

15. Outline –Political Ideology – pages 167-172