American Federal Government: Policy & Political Behavior
Political Science 1113: American Federal Government
Instructor: Stuart J. Hooper
Course Objectives
Students will develop a comprehensive understanding of mediating institutions and their influence upon political behavior; acquire knowledge about government policymaking; and gain an understanding of different policies—in terms of their history, evolution, and impact on U.S. citizens—as measured by exams and an end-of-semester assessment instrument.
Students will also gain an improved ability to articulate
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Globalization and its Drivers
Globalization, according to Ohmae (1995), is the absence of borders and barriers to trade. What drives the upsurge in globalization?
- Increased customer demands and access to competing products and services:
- More for less!
- Global brands vs. local brands
- Access to global distributors
- Increased technological innovation and application:
- Improved ICT
- Access to markets, partners, global networks
- Increased power and influence of emerging markets and economies.
- Increased globalization
The Adventures of Alice and Mowgli: Lessons in Growth
It was important because she learned to control her size with the bits of the mushroom.
Education: Baloo is Mowgli’s best friend, and he teaches him all he knows. He teaches him that with the correct words, he will be able to avoid other animals. Baloo loves the little boy and takes care of him. The bear is a sterner teacher than Bagheera. He has to be a strict teacher for the boy and is good. Mowgli respects Baloo because he knows that the bear takes care of him. But Mowgli is only a little boy,
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Determiners: Identifying Nouns
Determiners accompany nouns and identify specific entities or concepts. Pronouns are words that function equivalently to nouns, replacing them in sentences. They perform similar functions within a sentence.
Types of Determiners and Pronouns
a) Personal Pronouns: These always function as pronouns.
b) Possessive, Demonstrative, Quantifier, Relative, and Exclamatory: These can function as both determiners and pronouns.
Personal Pronouns: A Detailed Look
Personal pronouns are
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Theories on Language Origins
Divine Source Theory
Human beings are believed to be “hard-wired” to understand and produce language.
Natural Sound Source (Onomatopoeia)
This theory suggests original words imitated natural sounds. For example, the word for ‘dog’ might have been ‘hau-hau’, and for a snake, ‘hiss’.
Social Interaction Source
Language may have developed from sounds used during group activities. Examples: “gmrrr” [Come here and help me pull this.], “raur!” [Pull harder.
Read MoreSemantic Fields: Meaning, Sense, and Categorization
The difference between meaning and sense has to do with what is purely semantic and what is extrasemantic (pragmatic). Structuralism starts from the idea that languages are structures or systems, i.e., sets of interrelated elements. The value of each element within a structure is defined in terms of its relationship with other elements within that structure. Therefore, in structural semantics, the meaning of a word has to be defined through its relation to the meaning of other words within a set.
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