Learning Objectives
- Describe the role that politics plays in determining how power and resources, including control of information, are distributed in a society.
- Compare how power is distributed between citizens and government in different economic and political systems.
- Describe the enduring tension in the United States between self-interested human nature and publicspirited government and the way that has been shaped in a mediated world.
- Analyze the role of immigration and citizenship in American politics.
- Describe values that most Americans share, and the political debates that drive partisan divisions in American politics.
- Understand the essential reasons for approaching politics from a perspective of critical thinking, analysis, and evaluation.
- Describe the role and responsibilities of citizens in American politics.