1)     Political Executives

a)     Head of State

i)       Ceremonial

b)     Head of Government

i)       Individual

ii)     Collective

c)      Functions of Executive

i)       Leadership

ii)     Recruitment

iii)  Communication

iv)    Input into Policy-making

v)      Crisis Management

vi)    Oversee Policy Functions

2)     The Bureaucracy

a)     Structure

i)       Professional

(1)  Conservative

(2)  Protect institutional interests

(3)  Influence on policy-making

ii)     Political

(1)  Facilitators of policy

(2)  Influenced by ideology

b)     Functions

i)       Influence policy

ii)     Interpret policy

iii)  Implement policy

iv)    Articulate and aggregate interests

v)      Communicate or withhold information

vi)    Budgeting

c)      Control

i)       Policies with bureaucratic implementation are simply statements of intent

3)     Extraction

a)     Taxes

i)       Direct/Indirect

b)     Resources

i)       Human

ii)     Natural

4)     Regulation

a)     Types

i)       Coercion

ii)     Inducement

iii)  Persuasion

5)     Distribution

a)     Definition: Allocation of Public Resources

b)     Production of Political Goods

i)       Welfare

ii)     Security

iii)  Literacy

iv)    Wealth

v)      Health

c)      Tradeoffs