1. AP GOVERNMENT INTRODUCTION

2. Journal #1 2/1/11 What is the proper role of Government?

3. Government Makes and enforces public policies Consists of lawmakers, administrators and judges

4. Public Policy Is a choice that gov’t makes in response to some issue on its agenda

5. Types of Public Policy Congressional statute (laws) Presidential action Court decision Regulation

6. Who Governs? Four basic theories 1. Elite theory- 2. Bureaucratic theory- 3. Interest group theory- 4. Pluralist theory

7. Forms of Government Monarchy/Dictatorship/Oligarchy Republic Theocracy

8. HOW IS POWER DISTRIBUTED? Unitary Federal Confederation

9. Figure 3.1: Lines of Power in Three Systems of Government

10. Figure 3.1: Lines of Power in Three Systems of Government (cont’d)

12. Relationship between Leg. & Executive Presidential Parliamentary

14. Gov’t by force / By the People Dictatorship Democracy  participatory  Representative

15. Journal # 2, 2/5/10 Which form of government, presidential or parliamentary is best to respond to the needs of the citizens? Why?

16. American Political Culture Political culture – is the distinctive and patterned way of thinking about how political and economic life ought to be carried out. Political culture should not be confused with Political ideology

17. Basic views - political Liberty (Freedoms) Equality Democracy Civic duty Individual responsibility

18. Economic assumptions Liberty – free-enterprise “equality of opportunity” Individualism

19. Cultural Conflict Areas of disagreement include- abortion, gay rights, drug use, school prayer, and pornography Two basic views Orthodox – morality more important than self- expression Progressive- personal freedom more important than traditional moral rules

20. Figure 4.1: Trust in the Federal Government, 1958- 2001 Source: University of Michigan, The National Election Studies, (September 1999), table 5A.1, updated by Los Angeles Times, poll taken November 10-13, 2001.

21. Political Efficacy- The capacity to understand and influence political events

22. Figure 4.2: Changes in the Sense of Political Efficacy Source: University of Michigan, The National Election Studies, 1952-2000

23. Table 4.2: Patriotism in America, France, and Germany

24. Table 4.3: Commitment to Income Equity in Sweden and the United States

25. Figure 4.4a: Views of Toleration and Morality Source: The American Enterprise (January/February 1999): 37, reporting data from Roper, Washington Post, Harvard, and Kaiser Family Foundation polls.

26. Figure 4.4b: Views of Toleration and Morality (cont’d) Source: The American Enterprise (January/February 1999): 37, reporting data from Roper, Washington Post, Harvard, and Kaiser Family Foundation polls.

27. Figure 4.5: Changes in Levels of Political Tolerance, 1930-1999 Source: Gallup poll data, various years, as compiled by Professor John Zaller, Department of Political Science, UCLA; The Gallup Organization, Poll Releases (March 29, 1999), 2-6.

28. Table 4.7: Religion in Industrialized Nations, 1990-1993