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Identify why students should learn about political science. Use evidence (cite sources) to support your response from
assigned readings or online lessons, and at least one outside scholarly source. Describe at least one reason why
political science is interesting or relevant to you personally.
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Respond to at least two peers or one peer and the instructor. Further the dialogue by providing more information and
clarification. Minimum of 1 scholarly source which can include your textbook or assigned readings or may be from your
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Should folks learn about political science? My answer is yes, but that should not come as a surprise!
Political science is the “systematic and scientific study of politics.” (Whitman, 3) So, if politics is important than
so is political science. Politics would clearly be important if it impacted every facet of your life. So, does politics
impact every facet of your life? I submit that it does; that the author of your text is right when she says “most
things in society can be connected to politics and political science in some way;” and that politics impacts where
you live (https://www.everyvotecounts.org.uk/how-politics-affects-you/where-you-live/) , what you drive
(https://www.thedrive.com/opinion/7450/listen-up-cars-are-part-of-politics-and-politics-are-part-of-cars) , where you
walk your dog (https://www.edgarsnyder.com/dog-bite/leash-laws/) , and more. (Whitman, 5) What do you think?
Does politics impact your life, and if so in what ways?
Sam
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good substantive post might look like. You can jump in and respond to my post, you can respond to the heading,
or you can respond to classmates that have arrived in the discussion before you. This is true for any of your
posts. Don’t forget, though, that your initial post is required to draw on both the text and outside sources and is
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Kylie and Class,
My contention in my original post was that political science is important because it is the study of politics,
which itself is important because it impacts everyone’s lives in a million different ways. Kylie seems to
agree. What about the rest of you? Is it true that politics impacts nearly every facet of your life? Does the
determination of “who gets what, when, and how” impact you in your everyday life? If the answer is yes,
when exactly do you encounter politics?
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Stacey, Jessica, Traci, Kimberly, and Class,
Is political science, or the study of politics, important? Does politics impact nearly every facet of your
life? Does the determination of “who gets what, when, and how” impact you in your everyday life? If the
answer is yes, when exactly do you encounter politics? In the midst of a pandemic? When you send
your kids to school? When you watch/read the news? If you own a house and have a mortgage? If you
drive a car and travel on roads or have a car payment? When you pay taxes? When else?
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Stacey, Jessica, Traci, Kimberly, and Class,
Political science, or the study of politics, is important because politics does impact nearly every
facet of your life. The determination of “who gets what, when, and how” made in city hall, state
capitals, and D.C. impacts you in your everyday life.
You certainly encounter politics in the midst of a pandemic? How?
You do encounter determinations of “who gets what, when, and how” when you watch/read the
news? In what ways?
You certainly confront politics with home ownership when you have a mortgage … and when
else?
You don’t avoid politics on the road, they crop up when you make a car payment, when you
drive by road work, and when else?
Do you encounter politics when you send your kids to school? When you pay taxes? If you
encounter the police? When else?
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Kylie, Jessica, Traci, Tenzin, Emily, Anne, and Class,
Political science, or the study of politics, is important because politics does impact nearly every
facet of your life. The determination of “who gets what, when, and how” made in city hall, state
capitals, and D.C. impacts you in your everyday life.
You certainly encounter politics in the midst of a pandemic if you are mandated to wear a mask
or social distance, if you can’t go to the beach because it is closed, if your favorite restaurant is
only serving take out. if there is a curfew in your community, if your kids are schooling via zoom,
etc., etc.. And it is worth noting, as Traci does, that the politics in these cases is largely taking
place at the city, county, and state level.
You do encounter determinations of “who gets what, when, and how” when you watch/read the
news? In what ways?
You certainly confront politics with home ownership when you have a mortgage … and when
else?
You don’t avoid politics on the road, they crop up when you make a car payment, when you drive
by road work, when you pay taxes that are used on roads and bridges; and when else?
You encounter politics when you send your kids to school if you receive government funds to
help pay for private school … and when else?
Do you encounter politics when you pay taxes? If you encounter the police? In what other
situations?
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Professor and Class,
Politics outside of work is everywhere. When we drive our cars for instance what side of the
road we drive, how fast we go and toll roads are all examples of politic on the road. One
encounters politics in home ownership with house payment due dates and yearly taxes just to
own a home. If your payment is late there is late fees. I live in rural Ohio and my husband
farms we pay taxes on the land we own and the harvest he brings in and bringing in the
harvest lining up at the elevator to weight and empty the harvest. Our kids in encounter
politics at school by what they wear to how they change classes and who to respect and listen
too and all comes from the guidance of the teachers but they follow a administration and it
comes from the principal and at the top is the superintendent. Children are taught to listen to
the adults and if not there would be a punishment.
Politics in all aspects of our live everywhere even when we pay taxes there is always a due
date if your late there is a penalty fee.
We encounter politics at the grocery store especially now with the pandemic and wearing your
mask when you go in if not you can’t enter then, following the arrows and going the direction it
tells you to go and then when checking out you pay taxes just to eat food.
So even if you get pulled over by the police they have a protocol and you give them your
drivers license and proof of insurance just to drive a car then if our get a ticket the fees go to
the county and if you get to many speeding tickets your insurance will go up or even drop you
as a customer.
We eat sleep and breathe politics and I feel the media portrays the epitome of politics. We
watch one news station and they may portray a news story to fit the agenda or blow the story
to extremes that it become unbearable to watch. I tend to watch less of the news and more of
shows that fun and peak my interests and its mostly reality shows but then the politics there
would be drama makes good t.v.
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Yes the study of politics and political science is important. I have learned that yes, politics impacts
every facet in my life. I find that politics are in everything. They determine if my kids can go to school,
will they be wearing a mask or not when they go. Politics decides on if the roads are going to be paved
or not. Politics control everything.
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Professor,
I was in agreeance with you. The question that intrigued me to reply to this was the determination of who,
what, where, when, and how politics impact daily life. I felt it was appropriate to relate this to the topic of my
week one writing assignment. U.S. Representative Dan Lapinski decided we would back a bill that funds
families who are low-income and send their children to private schools. I feel as though this is where your
question comes in, and my response to that is with this bill in mind and were it to be in place, that these are
children still able to go to class, learn, and grow to be a part of society. How does that impact my life? What
if one of those children were to be my doctor, caregiver, or even a teacher to a member of my family one
day? With this thought in mind, then you encounter politics like this, the second the bill gets put into place.
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Proffessor and class
I feel it is extremely important for students to study political science. It helps us become informed about the
different issues and policies effecting us, the community and the world. It is important to understand current
political ideas, trends and issues because in some way, shape or form, they impact us individually. According to
Chamberlain University Lesson 1, 2020, ” Every change of the political realm impacts us living within and
outside borders” There have been a lot of policics and view on the Corona Virus. In the end, the government
steps in and sets rule and policies enforcing us to wear masks, social distance and quaranteen if necessary.
Political scientists examine why certain bill are passed and what goes into creating these bills and laws. If we
as individuals don’t agree with the way an issue is being handled or laws that are being passed, we need to
understand how and why these were created and put into effect in the first place. Then, we can step forward
and start to create change.
The study of political science is definitely interesting to me as an individual, a mother and a nurse. I need to be
able to understand local, state and federal issues not only because they will effect me but my children as well.
As a nurse, I am in the healthcare field and healthcare policies and issues are part of my everyday job. These
range from wage freezes, to cutbacks that decrease hospital funding and supplies to patient care and safety
policies. Nurses, such as myself, need to understand the politics behind these issues in order to become part
of advocating for change if needed. This can be done through protesting, joining organizations that promote
change and by voting leaders into government that will help push through important policies and laws that will
protect myself, my family, my job and my patients. Political advocacy is very important in the healthcare field. ”
Florence Nightingale developed the world’s first graphs and showed them to the British parlament, convincing
politicians to continue funding her work in Crimea” (Jackson, 2015). Understanding politics and goverment
gives us the voice for change.
Thank you
Stacey Ryle
References
Chamberlain University Lesson Week 1 (2020). Retrieved from: https://portal.chamberlain.edu
(https://portal.chamberlain.edu)
Jackson, J.(2015). Why nurses need to be politically active. Retrieved from https://injectableorange.com
(https://injectable)
WhitmanCobb, W.N. (2020). Political science today. (1st ed.). Washington, D.C.: Sage, CQ Press.
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POLITICS AND DUTY
Stacey, Jessica, and Class,
Do all Americans have a duty/responsibility to be involved in the policy making process … to be
knowledgeable and involved in politics? If not, how come? If so, where does this duty come from?
Does it arise out of the very fact that all of us are impacted by politics? Does it come from somewhere
else?
Do nurses have a special responsibility to be aware of, and maybe even active in, politics? If so, how
come? Because they need to be an advocate for patients? For other reasons?
If there is a duty here, for everyone and/or for nurses specifically, are folks fulfilling it?
If there is a duty here, how should folks go about fulfilling it? By joining in protests? By joining interests
groups? By voting? In other ways?
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Lindsay, Bre, Stacey, Dorcas, Alexander, and Class,
Do all Americans have a duty to be involved in politics? If not, how come? Because a duty only
arises if your interests are directly and negatively impacted? For another reason? If there does is a
duty, where does it come from? From the fact that all of us are actually impacted by politics in every
single facet of our lives (as we are seeing in the conversation up above)?
Does it come from somewhere else?
Do nurses have a special responsibility to be aware of, and maybe even active in, politics? If so,
how come? Because they need to be an advocate for patients? Because politics is critical for
promoting healthy lifestyles (dealing with obesity, smoking, and more)? Because politics plays such
a critical role in healthcare more generally? Because nurses can play a critical role in preserving
healthcare access? For other reasons?
If there is a duty here, for everyone and/or for nurses specifically, are folks fulfilling it?
If there is a duty here, how should folks go about fulfilling it? By joining in protests? By joining
interests groups? By voting? By getting involved in governance at work? By following legislation
dealing with healthcare? In other ways?
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Kylie, Jessica, Nikki, Michalle, Mia, and Class,
We now know that politics does impact nearly every facet of our lives. This is one reason
why Americans might have a duty to be involved in/knowledgeable about politics? What
are some others? That it is just a part and parcel of citizenship? The presence of
connected duties like jury duty and the duty to register for selective services? A parallel
religious duty to be involved? Something else?
If nurses have a special responsibility to be aware of, and maybe even active in, politics it is
because:
If there is a duty here, for everyone and/or for nurses specifically, are folks fulfilling it?
If there is a duty here, how should folks go about fulfilling it? By joining in protests? By
joining interests groups? By voting? By getting involved in governance at work? By
following legislation dealing with healthcare? In other ways?
Sam
they need to be an advocate for patients;
it is critical for promoting healthy lifestyles (dealing with obesity, smoking, and more);
politics plays such a critical role in healthcare more generally;
nurses can play a critical role in preserving healthcare access;
healthcare policies are undergoing so much change these days; and/or
why else?
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Traci and Class,
Americans might have a duty to be involved in/knowledgeable about politics because:
politics impacts every aspect of their lives; it is just a part and parcel of citizenship; of
connected duties like jury duty and the duty to register for selective services; of parallel
religious duty to be involved; and/or something else?
If nurses have a special responsibility to be aware of, and maybe even active in, politics it is
because:
If there is a duty here, for everyone and/or for nurses specifically, are folks fulfilling it?
If there is a duty here, how should folks go about fulfilling it? By joining in protests? By
joining interests groups? By voting? By getting involved in governance at work? By
following legislation dealing with healthcare? In other ways?
Sam
they need to be an advocate for patients;
it is critical for promoting healthy lifestyles (dealing with obesity, smoking, and more);
politics plays such a critical role in healthcare more generally;
nurses can play a critical role in preserving healthcare access;
healthcare policies are undergoing so much change these days;
they have a duty to inform the general public about health threats/realities; and/or
why else?
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Hi Professor,
I think nurses do have some sort of special responsibility to be aware on what’s going on. Do I
think they fulfill it automatically? Not really. Sometimes I feel like people decide to talk about a
policy change when it’s too late (in all aspects). During the early stages of a problem, the
noises and hints are very subtle for anyone to pick up. Typically people think the problem will
resolve itself when it’s actually getting worse and by the time someone says something about
it, it’s too late. In terms of duty, I think it’s pretty easy for nurses to start an activist campaign
these days. With social media, things get passed on pretty easily and can get people up to
speed and to build awareness.
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Hi Professor,
Great question, I am a nurse and learning about politics has peeked my interest in policy making
and advocacy, so have recent events such as the pandemic and BLM protest. Nurses are patient
advocates and as such are tasked with added responsibility to stay informed and involved in issues
affecting the people and communities they live and work in.
I would like to see a greater level of participation. Nurses make up the largest segment of
healthcare workers and are identified as the most trusted health professionals by patients. With
that comes added capacity to affect change.
Politics affect funding and funding drives service. Our healthcare system is regulated by
government; policies, reform, regulatory agencies. According to our reading, “Politics is defined as
the authoritative distribution of resources or rather the determining of who gets what, when, and
how” (Whitman Cobb, 2020). As advocates we must ensure that resources are distributed to those
who need them. Nobody is as aware of the needs in healthcare like those who work there
everyday, and we need to have a greater voice.
Reference
Whitman Cobb, W.N. (2020). Political science today (1st ed.). Washington, DC: Sage, CQ Press.
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Prior to this class, I did not think I was involved in any politics. After giving it some further thought, I
realized that I may be more involved than I realized. Although I don’t often keep up with nation-wide
politics and policies, I am actively involved in my organization and the policies that we place at the
clinic. One of the huge benefits to working in a small organization is that my voice can be heard a bit
more than if I were to work in a larger hospital. My nurse manager is big in asking our opinions and
getting the feedback of the nurses that work the floor because changes in any policies usually affects
us and our patients more than anyone else.
I like to think that everyone should be involved in the policy making process, even at the higher levels,
but that is a task that seems near impossible. Sure, you can vote and protest and join groups, but how
much of a difference does that truly make? It seems like that is just a drop in the bucket and deters me
personally from wanting to get involved in the larger scale issues.
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Professor Angus and Stacy,
Great post Stacy. I agree with your statements about nurses having to understand policies to be patient
advocates and also, doing our part if we feel necessary like protesting or joining organizations. To answer
Professor Angus question relating to do all Americans have the responsibility to be involved in policy
making, I believe no. I think if it impacts you in a significant way in which you have a strong dislike, then go
ahead and get involved but on the nursing stand point, if it deals with me, my patients, or my job then I will
be quick to be involved. I am a member of our unit-based council at work, and as the co-chair we discuss
hot topics and issues that arise in our emergency department. Now this is a small example of big
politicians, but we still rally for what is right and always have best interest for patients in mind. We discuss
different policies, present information to management, and vote on the outcome. This is a highly respected
group of nurses that can implement change. Therefore, I believe outside of work differs from my career. Not
being at work can give someone the ability to lay low in politics but be knowledgeable on what is going on,
without a responsibility or duty to be actively involved in the making of policies.
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Stacey,
I have put off anything political up until this point. I know that it has been something to exist in my life, but I
never called attention to it. I was shocked to agree with your post about understanding politics being equal
to having a voice. I was always told that if I wanted to be heard all I had to do was speak up, but speaking
up means, in my opinion, that I have to be able to back it up as well. I think there is a lot of political pull
when it comes to COVID-19 and rules/regulations being put in place. Professor Angus asked if all
Americans have a duty to be involved in the policymaking process, and personally, my answer is no. I say
no because, for instance, I am not in any shape or form in a position where knowledge about COVID from
top scientists will be directly given to me. I feel as though I need to be able to knowledgeable in order to
make it my duty to be involved in the policy process; therefore saying that there is no duty to be involved,
but there is a duty to become knowledgeable.
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Good post Stacey!
I agree I feel like studying political science is defiantly interesting and will be beneficial to all of us. I feel like
everyone should be educated on the government and politics, like as you mentioned, they have control
over so much. I like how you used an example of COVID. The government is the ones that put each state
under the stay at home order, told us to wear masks, and social distancing. They are the ones that are
putting all this into affect and placing the orders. I do feel like there are politics that go on in the health care
field also. It is important as citizens and employees to keep up with what is going on as we have the right to
be informed not only for us but for our families. Thank you for sharing!
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Stacey,
I agree entirely. If the covid has done anything, it has really opened my eyes to the fact that we as the
people really need to be more aware and more involved in politics. I was not always interested in politics. I
really did not like it. I have always felt like we do not have a big enough voice and that the government will
do whatever they want anyways. I definitely do not agree with all of the policies that are put into place and it
would be nice if I could understand why they put them into place to begin with. I myself would be like it if the
government could be more honest with the people so that we can understand, but I also know that they
probably can not always be honest because not everybody can understand or handle the truth. I am
hoping that this class can help me to be more interested and knowledgeable. I appreciate your post,
because yes we need to be the change.
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Hi Stacey,
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on why it is important for students to study political science. As you
mentioned we need to understand the politics behind the issues in order to advocate for change.
As per our text being informed protects “our ability to do certain things that must be protected from
government, such as freedom of speech, religion, thought, and action (Whitman Cobb, 2020). Also it is
difficult to take a side on an issue if we are not aware of the issues. So staying informed allows us to use
our voice and influence. If we do not we risk losing our civil liberties.
Reference
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Penica and Class,
Staying informed may well be critical to folks’ ability to stand up for their rights and the rights of
others, and this may be critical for democracy.
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Professor Angus and class,
Political science is the study of politics which in every media outlet politics are highly argued (Whitman, 2020, p.
4). Political scientist study analytically and can remove the media chaos (Whitman, 2020, p. 5). To my limited
understanding of the politics around me, I have acknowledged politics are really in everything I do so learning
political science is beneficial. Political science examines underlying questions on how and why things in politics
happen, allowing for more informative, educational answers than the political media (Whitman, 2020, p. 5). This
will be so helpful to me as the media is full of controversy and arguing, so knowing what information is accurate
and trustworthy is hard to find. Politics and science should not be fighting with each other as science
determines the issues and proposes solutions, while political skill and power provide the ability to implement
solutions (Sharfstein, 2016). So, learning political science will only benefit the learner with more insight into
policies, processes, government, law, and most importantly with factual information.
Politics affect my life both positively and negatively. Unfortunately, I am not well versed in this area so much
learning will come out of this course, but politics negatively affect my life as it causes much chaos. My husband
is well aware of all things politics so many frustrations can happen due to what is seen in the media, especially
during this pandemic. I for one stay out of it to help my own mental health, but maybe understand what is going
on beyond what the media wants me to hear may be profoundly beneficial. So, too say media politics causes a
higher level of stress is pretty accurate in my life. In contrast to the stress, the most impactful benefit of politics
is the ability to vote on things we believe in. Whether we are voting for a state official, school board runner, or
president, we put our trust into their policies and let them be our voice with our vote. In the argument of voting, if
you do not vote, do you have the right to argue about who wins?
References
Starfstein, F. (2016, March 14). Rethinking science and politics. The Milbank Quarterly, 94(1), 39-42.
https://www-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.chamberlainuniversity.idm.oclc.org/pmc/articles/PMC4941962/
(https://www-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.chamberlainuniversity.idm.oclc.org/pmc/articles/PMC4941962/)
Whitman, W.N.C. (2020). Political Science Today (1 ed). Washington, DC: Sage. CQ Press.st
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Lindsay, I think that media has to much power, but at the same time is not the same as political science.
Political science is much more in depth, and as stated in the Chamberlain University Political Science
Today book, it is more than just what the media has to tell us (Cobb, 2020). The media plays a big role in
our the nation on how people view politics. An example is all we heard from the media from March to the
end of May was about the coronavirus and then at the end of May, when the tragic death of George Floyd
occurred, it was as if the coronavirus disappe
