PSCI 365 American Government and Politics

1. PSCI 365American Government and Politics The American Dilemma Prof. Gerry Boychuk

2. Important Information! • http://www.arts.uwaterloo/~gboychuk/psci365/psci365.html • gboychuk@uwaterloo.ca

3. PSCI 365 Class Survey • A. The basic American ideals seem like a good basis for a democratic system. • 1. Agree • 2. Don’t know/Not sure • 3. Disagree

4. PSCI 365 Class Survey • B. The practice of democracy in the United States comes reasonably close to living up to its ideals. • 1. Agree • 2. Don’t know/Not sure • 3. Disagree

5. PSCI 365 Class Survey • C. The American system of government is a good example for countries like Canada to follow. • 1. Agree • 2. Don’t know/Not sure • 3. Disagree

6. PSCI 365 Class Survey • D. I would ________ living in the United States. • 1. Love • 2. Like • 3. Be indifferent about • 4. Dislike • 5. Hate

7. PSCI 365 Class Survey • E. I have lived in the United States. • 1. No. • 5. Yes.

8. PSCI 365 Class Survey • F. I have visited the United States. • 1. No. • 2. Yes...only briefly (i.e. a couple of days/weeks) • 3. Yes...extensively (i.e. numerous times or for long periods)

9. PSCI 365 Class Survey • G. I have family who live in the United States. • 1. No. • 2. Yes...but not immediate family. • 3. Yes...immediate family.

10. PSCI 365 Class Survey • H. I have close friends who live in the United States. • 1. No. • 2. Yes...casual friends or acquaintances • 3. Yes...close friends.

11. INSTRUCTIONS • add the responses numerically and write the total at the bottom of the page as follows... • total of responses to A-D (out of 14) • total of responses of E-F (out of 14) • hand them in!!

12. PSCI 365American Government and Politics The American Dilemma

13. The American “Dilemma” • What is a “dilemma”? • What might the “American” dilemma refer to? • What is democracy? • What does American democracy look like?