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Ch 12 Politics: Power and Authority Flashcards

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What are macro Politics?

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The exercise of large-scale power over a large group

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What are micropolitics?

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The existence of power in every day life

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What is the difference between authority and cohesion?

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Authority is legitimate power, whereas coercion is power that is not morally correct

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True or false, the more it’s power is seen as legitimate the more stable of government is

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True

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According to Max Weber, the three reasons that people except power as legitimate are… Three sources of authority

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Traditional, rational legal, charismatic

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What is traditional authority based on?

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Based on custom, simply because of the bloodline specific individuals become king or chief.

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What is the rational legal authority style based on?

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Written rules rational means reasonable and legal means part of law

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What is the charismatic authority based on?

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Charismatic individual is someone who people believe because they think that they’ve been touched by God

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What’s the threat is posed by charismatic leaders?

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They can inspire followers to disregard where overthrow traditional and rational legal authorities

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True or false any given leader they show a combination of characteristics (ie. Charismatic, rational legal, traditional).

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True

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What type of transfer of authority happens in each type of authority?

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Traditional authority people generally know who is next in line, rational legal authority people may not know who will be next but they know how they will be selected

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What is routinization of charisma?

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The transition of authority from the charismatic leader to rational legal authority

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What is direct democracy?

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Voters meet express opinions and vote publicly

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What city was the first to have a representative government in Canada, and what was the second city?

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Montreal and Ottawa

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What is a dictatorship?

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A government run by a single person who has all the power

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What is an oligarchy?

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A small group that sees all the power, although one person maybe named president a group of high-ranking officers make the decisions if the president becomes uncooperative they find someone else

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What does having a federal system of government mean?

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Some areas of jurisdiction of enforcement are reserved for the federal parliament and other are distributed among provinces and municipal governments

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What is a unitary state like in terms of power?

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All power resides in the central government

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What is it confederal union in terms of power?

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Provinces have almost all the power and the central government has little authority

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What are the three levels of government in Canada?

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The queen the Senate and Parliament

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What part of the national government in Canada has the ultimate power to make laws, what are the limits?

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The Parliament cannot make laws in areas reserved exclusively for the provinces.

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Who can open postpone and dissolve parliament?

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The prime minister office

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Explain what a proportional representation is in terms of a democratic system in Europe

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The seats in the national legislation or are divided according to the proportion of boats received by each political party. If one party with 51% of the vote for example the party is at 51 percent of the seats

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What’s three results below from being able to run even a few seats in the national legislature?

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It’s a minority party has officeholders it gains access to the media throughout the year and getting publicity. Second no single party is likely to gain a majority of the seats. Because coalitions break down, the governments are less stable.

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What is a coalition government?

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Party with the most seats must align itself with one or more of the smaller parties

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What is the functionalist perspective of Canadian politics?

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People share a consensus on key issues
Power is widely dispersed on different groups
(Women, farmers, disabled) will work together to bring their ideas and advance them/minimal conflict
Government: plans, meets social needs, maintains law and order

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What is the conflict perspective of politics?

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“The ruling elite” government exists for the power of the wealthy and advancing their agendas and interests.

Decisions are always made by the elite, consensus among the elite

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What is the feminist perspective of politics? Liberal, radical, and postmodern

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Liberal: Try to make overt discrimination visible and fight for pay equity

Radical feminism: gender resistance, seek women centred society

Postmodern fem: gender rebellion, seek to attacks gender order by deconstructing boundaries

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What is a monarchy?

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The right to rule is hereditary

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What is the difference between constitutional and absolute monarchy?

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Absolute is the right to rule given by God, the constitutional type of monarchy is mostly symbolic and ceremonial

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What is representative democracy?

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Elected officials speak for the people

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What is citizenship?

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People have the basic rights by virtue of birth and residence

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What year was the October crisis, and what is it?

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1970, a journalist was found dead in a trunk of a car

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What is bill 101? (1977)

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The language law that applies to Canada, and defines French the official language of Quebec

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In the conflict perspective, who holds the power, and who doesn’t have any?

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The power elite, and the masses have no power

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What is webers definition of he state?

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State is political institution that has a legit monopoly over the use of force or violence within a given territory

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What is Marxs explanation of the state?

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The state exists to protect the interests of the elite

Is a tool used by the bourgeoisie to maintain power

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True or false, in a rational legal system, the power is given to the office, not the person

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True

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In a hunting and gathering society, are there any political systems?

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No

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What type of government exists in a angrarian society?

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Due to surpluses, people acquired more power

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What type of government exists in a city state?

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Each had their own monarchy

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What is a social democracy? What political party believes in this type of leadership?

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regulate the market place in order to help the poor and marginalized individuals in society.
Wants to level the playing field.
Emphasizes equality.
NDP

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What is a Market democracy? Give an example of a political party that believes in this type of leader
Ship?

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market regulates self, limited government intervention.
Emphasizes freedom.
Favours private ownership of education, transportation, and Health care.
Conservatives

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Explain the Canadian political system

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Federal state, and parliament democracy
Indie fed state with the queen as the head of state
Parliament is the supreme law making authority

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What is the federal bureaucracy comprised of?

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Armed forces, rcmp, and various gov’t agencies

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Who is I’m the power elite?

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Top corporate, military, and political leaders

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What does clement call a comprador elite?

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Native born directors and senior managers of foreign controlled corporations operating in Canada

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What are the 4 characteristics of dehumanization?

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1) increased emotional distance
2) emphasis on “all people die one day”
3) inability to resist pressures
4) diminished sense of personal responsibility

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