Where Do "Left" And "Right" Come From? And Other Political Science Questions

If you’re ready to start, restart, or continue your own college journey with Study Hall, go to https://link.gostudyhall.com/ttk to join a college course that starts on YouTube for just $25, and unlock the opportunity to earn transferable credits from ASU. We’re living in unprecedented political times, we’re more polarized than ever, and democracy is at stake…right? These days it can be hard to know what’s really going on in politics and what our governments are doing about it. But there’s a whole field dedicated to studying politics and government and figuring out what’s happening and whether it’s really so unprecedented. Here are 5 questions about political science, answered. __________________________________________________________________________ Follow us on socials! Twitter: https://twitter.com/gostudyhall Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoStudyHall Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gostudyhall/ __________________________________________________________________________ Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 0:54 - What Is Political Science? 2:51 - How Do Governments Govern? 4:53 - Is There A Right Way To Do Government? 6:00 - What Are The Political Left And Right? 8:20 - Are We Really Living In Unprecedented Times? 10:46 - Conclusion __________________________________________________________________________ Sources: https://www.polisci.washington.edu/what-political-science https://polisci.northwestern.edu/undergraduate/honors/award-winning-theses.html https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:hxdrw4v8/ https://www.polisci.pitt.edu/fields-study/political-methodology#:~:text=Political%20scientists%20rely%20on%20a,tools%20for%20rigorous%20theoretical%20analysis https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-domestic-policy-4115320 https://ndisc.nd.edu/news-media/news/what-are-the-4-types-of-foreign-policy-and-how-are-they-pursued/ https://www.thoughtco.com/public-administration-6822941 https://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history/key-dates/versailles-heart-french-revolution#the-meeting-of-the-estates-general https://www.britannica.com/topic/political-spectrum https://politpro.eu/en/sweden/parties https://behorizon.org/post-election-reflection-a-new-political-era-in-sweden/ https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2023/09/polarization-democracy-and-political-violence-in-the-united-states-what-the-research-says?lang=en https://www.uschamberfoundation.org/civics/new-study-finds-alarming-lack-of-civic-literacy-among-americans https://www.investopedia.com/inflation-rate-by-year-7253832 https://joshblackman.com/blog/2014/03/10/anti-new-deal-political-cartoons-about-the-supreme-court/ https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2001/09/19/american-psyche-reeling-from-terror-attacks/ https://www.afhistory.af.mil/FAQs/Fact-Sheets/Article/458954/1962-cuban-missile-crisis/#:~:text=The%20Cuban%20Missile%20Crisis%20of,which%20threatened%20the%20Soviet%20Union https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/beyond-data/2023-historic-year-us-billion-dollar-weather-and-climate-disasters https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/11/six-things-political-scientists-are-watching-this-election https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2022/10/understanding-and-responding-to-global-democratic-backsliding?lang=en https://www.ifes.org/pub/Paths-to-Democratic-Resilience-in-an-Era-of-Backsliding/Defining-key-concepts https://www.eiu.com/n/campaigns/democracy-index-2024/ https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/democracy-index-eiu?time=2024 https://www.vanderbilt.edu/lapop/news/022317.US-WashingtonPost.pdf