LSU POLI 2051: Exam 1 Study Guide
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government - ✔✔A formally established way of making and carrying out
political decisions.
politics - ✔✔The competition to shape government's impact on society's
problems and goals.
social contract theory - ✔✔A formally established way of making and
carrying out political decisions.
empirical theory - ✔✔The way things are.
normative theory - ✔✔The way things ought to be.
purposes of government - ✔✔1. Protecting life
2. Rights and liberties
3. Providing public goods
4. Promoting equality
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, political ideology - ✔✔A coherent set of belief about how policies affect
society and which policies are desirable.
liberal - ✔✔- Big government
- Size of government is based on budget
- Congress is financially in charge
- POTUS makes submits a budget, Congress uses as blueprints
conservative - ✔✔- Small government
- Slower at embracing change
populist - ✔✔- People over economic elites
- Reform movement
- Rural farm movement
popular sovereignty - ✔✔People are the ultimate source of government
authority and the people determine what the government does. The people
decide whom they want and whom they like. If they don't like someone,
then they don't have to vote for them the next time.
individualism - ✔✔The idea that people should take initiative, be self-
sufficient, and accumulate the material advantages necessary for their well-
being.
politics - ✔✔The process through which a society settles its conflicts.
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Part 1 Exam Q&A 100% Solved | Latest
Update
government - ✔✔A formally established way of making and carrying out
political decisions.
politics - ✔✔The competition to shape government's impact on society's
problems and goals.
social contract theory - ✔✔A formally established way of making and
carrying out political decisions.
empirical theory - ✔✔The way things are.
normative theory - ✔✔The way things ought to be.
purposes of government - ✔✔1. Protecting life
2. Rights and liberties
3. Providing public goods
4. Promoting equality
1
©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
, political ideology - ✔✔A coherent set of belief about how policies affect
society and which policies are desirable.
liberal - ✔✔- Big government
- Size of government is based on budget
- Congress is financially in charge
- POTUS makes submits a budget, Congress uses as blueprints
conservative - ✔✔- Small government
- Slower at embracing change
populist - ✔✔- People over economic elites
- Reform movement
- Rural farm movement
popular sovereignty - ✔✔People are the ultimate source of government
authority and the people determine what the government does. The people
decide whom they want and whom they like. If they don't like someone,
then they don't have to vote for them the next time.
individualism - ✔✔The idea that people should take initiative, be self-
sufficient, and accumulate the material advantages necessary for their well-
being.
politics - ✔✔The process through which a society settles its conflicts.
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