Politics: What Governments Do and Who Decides What They Do

Politics: What Governments Do and Who Decides What They Do

PERSIA

Politics

Economics

Religion

Society

Intelligence

Arts

  1. Politics: what governments do and who decides what they do.
  2. Functions of government
  3. Legislative
  4. Legal order
  5. State finance
  6. Executive
  7. Domestic
  8. Foreign
  9. Military
  10. Judicial
  11. Fairness
  12. Consistency
  13. Supreme law
  14. Over time: precedence
  15. Over space: all states comply
  16. Forms
  17. Tribal
  18. Communal
  19. Egalitarian
  20. Matriarchal
  21. Patriarchal
  22. Noble
  23. Chieftain
  24. Military
  25. Gerontocracy
  26. Monarchic
  27. Ascension
  28. Divine right
  29. Elective
  30. Succession
  31. Hereditary
  32. Elective
  33. Absolute
  34. Unity of government functions in hands of ruler
  35. Unity of political and religious authority
  36. Limited
  37. Constitutional
  38. Nobility
  39. Democracy
  40. Direct
  41. Representative
  42. Federations
  43. Confederations
  44. Unitary governments
  45. Dictatorship
  46. Military
  47. Authoritarian
  48. Fascist
  49. Right-wing mass politics
  50. E.g. Hitler and Mussolini
  51. Communist
  52. Left-wing mass politics
  53. E.g. USSR, Cuba, North Korea, China (?), Vietnam (?)
  54. Theocracy (Iran, Saudi Arabia)
  55. Political Theories, Parties, and Ideologies
  56. Conservative
  57. Republican
  58. The role of government
  59. The role of religion
  60. The nature of economics
  61. Libertarian
  62. Liberal
  63. Democratic
  64. The role of government
  65. The role of religion
  66. The nature of economics
  67. Progressive
  68. Green
  69. Independents: neither Republican nor Democrat
  70. Marxism
  71. Socialism and Social Democracy
  72. Communism
  73. Economics: how goods are produced and exchanged
  74. Modes of exchange
  75. Barter: the moneyless exchange of
  76. Goods
  77. Services
  78. monetary
  79. precious metals and objects
  80. bills of exchange
  81. checks
  82. fiduciary currency
  83. Government’s function
  84. fiscal policy
  85. taxing
  86. borrowing
  87. spending
  88. monetary policy
  89. purpose: control the money supply
  90. The Federal Reserve
  91. Federal Reserve Methods
  92. Purchase and sale of currencies/precious metals
  93. reserve rates (The Fed rate)
  94. purchase and sales of bonds
  95. Modern Economic Systems
  96. Mercantilism
  97. Theory: limited wealth measurable in precious metals
  98. Goal: accumulate precious metals
  99. Method
  100. Maximize exports
  101. Minimize imports: tariffs
  102. Consequence: colonies as source of
  103. raw materials
  104. cheap labor
  105. guaranteed markets
  106. Capitalism
  107. Theory: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations (1776)
  108. Wealth unlimited
  109. Wealth derives from human creativity
  110. Guiding principle: enlightened self-interest and competition
  111. Goal: best product at best price
  112. Method: Laissez-faire
  113. Private individuals as creative force
  114. Government encumbers creativity
  115. Price as product of supply and demand
  116. Investors pool resources for maximum productivity: stocks and corporations
  117. Marxism: Socialism and Communism
  118. Theory
  119. History is the conflict between social groups
  120. Capitalism exploits workers
  121. Workers are creative force, not investors
  122. Goal: workers gain control of the “means of production”
  123. Method: planned economy
  124. Quantity
  125. Price
  126. Distribution
  127. Guiding principle: group identity and cooperation
  128. Mixed economy
  129. Government manages core economic sectors
  130. Food
  131. Energy
  132. Transportation and communication
  133. Health care
  134. Other economic sectors operate on market principles
  135. Religion
  136. Animism
  137. defined: all, most, or many things have unique spirits
  138. the role of nature
  139. the role of etiology
  140. Polytheism
  141. formalized rituals
  142. link to localities
  143. Ancient Greeks
  144. The question of Hinduism
  145. Monotheism
  146. Judaism
  147. Christianity
  148. Roman Catholicism
  149. Eastern Orthodoxy
  150. Protestantism
  151. Lutheranism
  152. Baptists
  153. Methodists
  154. Presbyterians
  155. Pentecostals
  156. Islam
  157. Atheism/agnosticism/secularism
  158. Society
  159. Social Classes
  160. Upper classes
  161. Extremely wealthy
  162. Aristocracy/nobility
  163. Legal privileges
  164. Hereditary
  165. Middle classes: possessors of property
  166. Owners of business
  167. Investors in stock market
  168. Artisans
  169. Educated professionals (white collar workers)
  170. Working class
  171. Urban, factory (blue collar)
  172. Rural, field
  173. Farmers
  174. Peasants
  175. Serfs
  176. Unemployed
  177. Races, ethnic, and linguistic groups
  178. Hispanic/Latino
  179. Caucasian/European
  180. African
  181. Middle Eastern/Arab
  182. Asian
  183. Sex and gender relations
  184. relations between men and women
  185. family systems
  186. sexual orientation and behaviors
  187. Age
  188. childhood
  189. adulthood
  190. elderly
  191. Disability
  192. physical
  193. mental
  194. Intelligence: the ideas and institutions that move a society
  195. Science
  196. Technology
  197. Engineering
  198. Electrical
  199. Mechanical
  200. Chemical
  201. medicine
  202. Philosophy
  203. Epistemology
  204. Moral
  205. Education systems
  206. Arts
  207. Music
  208. Painting
  209. Sculpture
  210. Poetry and Fiction
  211. Dance
  212. Architecture and Design
  213. Entertainment? Concept of popular culture.

1

Top View