Provide a minimum one paragraph explanation/analysis of how the current event relates to the majoritarian, pluralist and elitist models of power and/or explain how these models apply to this current event.

POLS& 101: Introduction to Political Science

For this discussion, synthesize the materials on politics and models of power in this module.

Step 1- Under the "Models of Power" subsection in the reading "Do we need a government?" from the Primer on Politics, the theories of majoritarianism, pluralism and elitism are explained. Read this section over.

Step 2-For this current events discussion, you must: find a news article or editorial that is no older than 1-2 weeks from a reputable news source, and if you aren't sure what counts as a reputable news source is, follow the link (Links to an external site.), t for a non-exhaustive list. If you have a different source that is not on the list, you are welcome to check with me to confirm that it meets enough standards to be counted as a reputable news source.

Step 3-Provide an APA citation for your news article from a reputable news source (please find an article no more than 2 weeks old).
If you are unfamiliar with APA citation format, see this TCC Library Guide.

Step 4- Write up a short and unbiased summary of the article/current event (this will probably be about a paragraph long) so we know the basic facts

Step 5- Provide a minimum one paragraph explanation/analysis of how the current event relates to the majoritarian, pluralist and elitist models of power and/or explain how these models apply to this current event.

Step 6-Add a discussion question related to your topic for your peers to consider.