Ch 12 Politics: Power and Authority Flashcards
What are macro Politics?
The exercise of large-scale power over a large group
What are micropolitics?
The existence of power in every day life
What is the difference between authority and cohesion?
Authority is legitimate power, whereas coercion is power that is not morally correct
True or false, the more it’s power is seen as legitimate the more stable of government is
True
According to Max Weber, the three reasons that people except power as legitimate are… Three sources of authority
Traditional, rational legal, charismatic
What is traditional authority based on?
Based on custom, simply because of the bloodline specific individuals become king or chief.
What is the rational legal authority style based on?
Written rules rational means reasonable and legal means part of law
What is the charismatic authority based on?
Charismatic individual is someone who people believe because they think that they’ve been touched by God
What’s the threat is posed by charismatic leaders?
They can inspire followers to disregard where overthrow traditional and rational legal authorities
True or false any given leader they show a combination of characteristics (ie. Charismatic, rational legal, traditional).
True
What type of transfer of authority happens in each type of authority?
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
What is routinization of charisma?
The transition of authority from the charismatic leader to rational legal authority
What is direct democracy?
Voters meet express opinions and vote publicly
What city was the first to have a representative government in Canada, and what was the second city?
Montreal and Ottawa
What is a dictatorship?
A government run by a single person who has all the power
What is an oligarchy?
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
What does having a federal system of government mean?
Some areas of jurisdiction of enforcement are reserved for the federal parliament and other are distributed among provinces and municipal governments
What is a unitary state like in terms of power?
All power resides in the central government
What is it confederal union in terms of power?
Provinces have almost all the power and the central government has little authority
What are the three levels of government in Canada?
The queen the Senate and Parliament
What part of the national government in Canada has the ultimate power to make laws, what are the limits?
The Parliament cannot make laws in areas reserved exclusively for the provinces.
Who can open postpone and dissolve parliament?
The prime minister office
Explain what a proportional representation is in terms of a democratic system in Europe
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
What’s three results below from being able to run even a few seats in the national legislature?
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.
What is a coalition government?
Party with the most seats must align itself with one or more of the smaller parties
What is the functionalist perspective of Canadian politics?
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
What is the conflict perspective of politics?
“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
What is the feminist perspective of politics? Liberal, radical, and postmodern
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
What is a monarchy?
The right to rule is hereditary
What is the difference between constitutional and absolute monarchy?
Absolute is the right to rule given by God, the constitutional type of monarchy is mostly symbolic and ceremonial
What is representative democracy?
Elected officials speak for the people
What is citizenship?
People have the basic rights by virtue of birth and residence
What year was the October crisis, and what is it?
1970, a journalist was found dead in a trunk of a car
What is bill 101? (1977)
The language law that applies to Canada, and defines French the official language of Quebec
In the conflict perspective, who holds the power, and who doesn’t have any?
The power elite, and the masses have no power
What is webers definition of he state?
State is political institution that has a legit monopoly over the use of force or violence within a given territory
What is Marxs explanation of the state?
The state exists to protect the interests of the elite
Is a tool used by the bourgeoisie to maintain power
True or false, in a rational legal system, the power is given to the office, not the person
True
In a hunting and gathering society, are there any political systems?
No
What type of government exists in a angrarian society?
Due to surpluses, people acquired more power
What type of government exists in a city state?
Each had their own monarchy
What is a social democracy? What political party believes in this type of leadership?
regulate the market place in order to help the poor and marginalized individuals in society.
Wants to level the playing field.
Emphasizes equality.
NDP
What is a Market democracy? Give an example of a political party that believes in this type of leader
Ship?
market regulates self, limited government intervention.
Emphasizes freedom.
Favours private ownership of education, transportation, and Health care.
Conservatives
Explain the Canadian political system
Federal state, and parliament democracy
Indie fed state with the queen as the head of state
Parliament is the supreme law making authority
What is the federal bureaucracy comprised of?
Armed forces, rcmp, and various gov’t agencies
Who is I’m the power elite?
Top corporate, military, and political leaders
What does clement call a comprador elite?
Native born directors and senior managers of foreign controlled corporations operating in Canada
What are the 4 characteristics of dehumanization?
1) increased emotional distance
2) emphasis on “all people die one day”
3) inability to resist pressures
4) diminished sense of personal responsibility
