1. How does political scientist Harold Lasswell define politics?Is that a good definition of politics? How would you define orexplain politics? Does politics matter to you personally? Is itpossible that politics matters to some people but not toothers?
2. Briefly explain the main arguments of majoritarianism, elitetheory and pluralism as theories of how democratic systems work orshould work. Explain if the U.S. democracy is majoritarian,elitist, or pluralist.
3. Choose an important issue such as child care, health care,abortion, immigration, or welfare. What government policy would aliberal, a conservative, and a libertarian support to solve thisissue? Explain the main differences across those threepolicies.
4. Explain how “economic liberals, cultural conservatives”compare to liberals and conservatives. Choose policy issues andexplain how the views of “economic liberals, culturalconservatives” are different from or similar to the views ofliberals and conservatives on those policy issues. Do “economicliberals, cultural conservatives” tend to vote democrat orrepublican and why?
