POLITICAL SCIENCE

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Code of Hammurabi
Hammurabi, King of
Babylon (1810-1750
BC)
Contains 282 laws with
set punishments
Provided the stability for
government
Legal and political
framework

Plato
One of the penalties
for refusing to
participate in politics is
that you end up being
governed by your
inferiors.

Greek philosopher and mathematician

428-328 BCE
Political philosophy is from Divine of the Right
King
The Republic, and Laws

Aristotle

Man is by nature a social animal; an

individual who is unsocial naturally and
not accidentally is either beneath our
notice or more than human. Society is
something that precedes the individual.
Anyone who either cannot lead the
common life or is so self-sufficient as not
to need to, and therefore does not
partake of society, is either a beast or a
god.

Platos student
384-322 BCE
The Politics, and Nicomanchean Ethics
The 1st political scientist who excelled in the field of politics

Jean Bodin

In a democracy sovereignity is vested in

a majority; and a majority is not only, at
best, an ignorant, foolish and emotional
mob, but shifts continually and alters
from year to year.

French political theorist

1529-1596
The Six Books of the Commonwealth
Political science based on the organization of institution

Mostesquieu

The tyranny of a
prince in an oligarchy
is not so dangerous to
the public welfare as
the apathy of a citizen
in a democracy.

French philosopher (Age of Enlightenment)

Classified functions of the distribution in the
government
Huge impact on liberal political theory, and the

Jobs

Occupation & Functions

- Focus on the development and fuction of government.
- The behavior of the ruler throughout the history.
- Graduated people will work in goverment or public service.
For example:
- President/Prime Minister
- Governor
- Political consultant
- Politician

Prime Minister
Responsible for policy and
decisions of the government
The principal figure in the
parliament
Governs the country
Appoints members of the
parliament

David Cameron, the Prime

Minister of United Kingdom

Coordinate between the monarch

and the government

Governor
- The chief executive of each state
and the head of political and
ceremonial.
- May be either appointed or
elected
- The power as being the
individual governor is diffrent,
some would have only
ceremonial power but some
could capble of controlling the
entire government.

Arnold
Schwarzenegger,
the 38th Governor of California

Politician
- A person holding an office within government
- Elected or appointed either by the citizen or a group of government
- Can be anyone who seeking political power and meant to take responsibility
governing the city
- Supports or create laws and policy that use to govern the land.
- Works in one of the three branches:
- Executive
- Legistlative
- Judical

Hilary Rodham
Clinton
American Politician
the 67th United States
secretary of state

Political consultant
- Works on election campaign for political candidate.
Main duties:
- Helps candidates develop media strategies
- Explains their platform to the public
- Engages on fundraising
- Investigates the isssue in campaign or candidate opponent
- Researching or polling
** These job is quite stressful and provide a lot of competition but got a high salary

IMPORTANT FIGURES
- Vladmir Lenin
A lie told often enough
becomes the truth

John Oliver

It's a great time to be doing political satire when the

world is on a knife edge

Facts

IMPORTANT FIGURES
Vladmir Lenin
-

Founder of the Russian

Communist Party

Leader of the Bolshevik

Revolution

Architect and first head

of the Soviet state.

Spent the years leading

up to the 1917 revolution
in exile

Leninism

Marxism-Leninism

- Lenin succeeded where his

brother had failed
- Lenin was kicked out of college
- Lenin was expelled from Siberia
for 3 years

IMPORTANT FIGURES
John Oliver

- Comedian, political
scientist & Writer
- Created a political show
called the Political animal
- Credited with helping
influence U.S. legislation,
regulations, court rulings
- Political commentator

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