Pol201 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

This lecture observes the history of the Industrial Revolution, from the conceptualization of private property within farmlands in England, to the rise of their textile industry, the building of railroads, the first entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, the creating of patents, and the terrible working conditions of the working class.

This lecture looks at the theory that country will eventually come to be 'civilized', via high literacy rates and in turn political participation and the ability to step into another person's shoes. This presumption of inevitability created a bias in social science toward favoring Western cities and exemplifying them as what the world should aspire to.

This lecture looks at a proposed solution to the dependency theory, called import substitution industrialization. It is an injection of industrialized jobs by the local government into the periphery nations, providing them with the ability to produce and sell primary goods. The downfalls are discussed, where government intervention is illustrated to be unrealistically manipulating market prices, driving down demand for the primary good.

POL201 Week 5 F Gun Control Act POL201 American National Government Gun Control Act The history of the United States has been more like a bumpy road than a smooth highway for sure. Hurdles have come and go and one of the biggest hurdles is the misuse of firearms to hurt or kill others. The topic of gun control has been a highly debated topic in present day America. Because of the increasing amount of mass shootings among the community, we regularly hear about the rights of gun owner...

POL201 Week 4 A Gun Control Act POL201 American National Government Gun Control Act The topic of gun control has been a highly debated topic in present day America. Because of the increasing amount of mass shootings among the community, we regularly hear about the rights of gun owners and mainly hear about the need for stricter gun control. The 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution gives us the right to œkeep and bear arms. The Gun Control Act of 1968 was created not to breach t...

This lecture goes in depth to exemplify Jamaica as a case study of ISI/structural adjustment loans and their impact on farm people living in the country. It demonstrates the economic competition driving citizens further into poverty, and the civil unrest displayed in the aftermath of it.

POL201 Week2AnnotatedBib 1 .docx Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Annotated Bibliography Ashford University POL 201: American National Government Week Two Annotated Bibliography Worksheet A.Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 1.The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly called Obamacare or the federal care law, is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barach Obama on March 23, 2010. Together with the Health Care and Education Rec...

POL201: WEEK 2 :PART 3 Question 1. Question : Powers that are held by both federal and state governments are called Student Answer: concurrent powers. Question 2. Question : Today, Congress is able to hold the executive branch accountable through the use of hearings. Question 3. Question : Local government (city and municipality) powers are defined by each state. ...

POL201 WEEK 2 QUIZ PART 1 The states and the national government working together to implement public policy is an example of ___________ Federalism. Cooperative The power of the federal government to prevent state or local governments from enforcing their own laws because the laws conflict with the Supremacy Clause is called __________. Correct! preemption What is one tactic the national government uses to achieve state compliance with federal laws? Correct! Crosso...

POL201 WEEK 2 QUIZ PART 2 Which of these is not one of the principal powers held by Congress, according to the Constitution? Power to sign treaties Political action committees (PACs) can donate up to _______________ per campaign. Correct! $5,000 The desire to cut federal funding for anti-poverty programs was an objective of ____________ Federalism. Correct! New Which of these is not a recognized approach to federalism experienced during the history of the Un...