Introduction+to+the+Nature+of+Government

 **Unit: The Nature of Government**

 //Click the Link Below for the Class Power Point on The Nature of Government//   (updated 9/5/2008) who governs to what ends.ppt (updated 9/6/2008)



 Political Spectrum Quiz  //Documents//  //Articles//  Freedom vs. Equality by George Will, Washington Post February 1, 2004.  **Growth factor**  How big government helps the economy take off   By Jeff Madrick, Boston Globe   September 7, 2008

 //Videos//   Economics USA: Public Goods and Responsibilities    The TVA and national health care demonstrate the role of government in our lives. <span style="display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: 22px; text-align: left; vertical-align: 141%;"> Citizenship: Making Government Work <span style="display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: 22px; text-align: left; vertical-align: 141%;">  This program introduces basic concepts of government, politics, and citizenship. It explores the tension between maintaining order and preserving freedoms, the essential role of politics in addressing the will of the people, and the need for citizens to participate in order to make democracy work. <span style="display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: 22px; text-align: left; vertical-align: 141%;"> Justice Breyer speaks to Harvard students regarding democracy and majority rule