Sept 15, 2006: Lab

NOTES

Political Economy

Political Science and economics are interrelated and not separated

Political economy
- we don't have on in the united states

Political economy-
- liberalism
- Plato's republic

circumstances corrupt people
- poverty
- racism

voters in 18th century
- white,male,landowners could vote only
(women,slaves,sharecoppers {people who didn't own their own land} )

dependence
-uneducated

founders tool kit [memorize]
1. structure           - how govt is setup
2. participation       - publics role in govt
3. law                 - rules, doesn't have to be written down
4. custom and tradition
5. moral sense - rightandwrong
6. founding myths
7. leadership

words
precedent

founders tool kit  | ancient examples    | modern examples             
-------------------+---------------------+------------------
1. structure       | monarchy, feudalism | 3 branches,checks 
                                                   & balances
2. participation   | athenian democ      | represent democ              
3. law             | 10 commandments     | rule of law                 
4. custom and trad.| july4th             | precedent                   
5. moral sense     | 10 commandments     | slavery                     
6. founding myths  |divine right of kings| columbus-ledbygod           
7. leadership      | chinese dynasty     | president