Unit 1 Foundations of Government

Unit Description

Related Readings:

ushistory.org etext 

Learning Targets 

  1. The Nature of Government 

    1. The Purposes of Government 

    2. Types of Government 

    3. What Is a Democracy? 

    4. Democratic Values — Liberty, Equality, Justice 

1.2, 1.5 

  1. Policy Making: Political Interactions 

    1. Foreign Policy: What Now? 

    2. Defense Policy 

    3. Economic Policy 

    4. Social and Regulatory Policy 

1.1, 1.8 

  1. Comparative Political and Economic Systems 

    1. Comparing Governments 

    2. Comparing Economic Systems 

    3. A Small, Small, World? 

1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.8, 1.9