Social Sciences and History / Unit 9 SSH 0827 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Who Gets What, When, and How
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The idea
Politics resolves disagreements over scarce resources and differing preferences; the anchor adopts Harold Lasswell's definition, who gets what, when, how. A political actor is anyone engaged in it; politicians run for or hold office. Rules, reality and choices frame every outcome.
In practice
Politics within a family deciding where to live.
Where people slip
Public policy is politics' main product.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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