Chp1. Politics: Who Gets What & How Flashcards
What is power?
The ability to get other people to do what you want
What is political power
Politics + power
Political power comes in many forms.
What are “limited impact” examples ??
office
Schools
families
What has greater influences on power and politics?
DRESS
- Delegation of authority
- rules & institution
- economic structures
- social order.
D.R.E.S.S
Power legitimized is..
Acceptance of citizens in society
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specific individuals have authority to exercise power/govt power
Example- think cops
Adherence to rules
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belief that decisions stemming from them are of right
Legitimacy
3 sources of legitimacy?
Tradition
legality
Charisma
TLC.
What is government
Institutions
rules made and enforced for all members of society
What does government enforce
Rules
Examples of organizations
Labor unions and advocacy groups
What is the difference between government and organizations?
Government doesn’t have 100% power but has the right to enforce rules.
Labor unions and advocacy groups have power
Politics is concerned with..
Distribution of power and resources in society
Economics concerned with…
Production and distribution of society’s wealth
What does a system do
A form or social, economic, or political organization or practice serving a common purpose
Political system
The legal organization of the state and how the state functions
Forms of political behavior
The set of formal legal institutions that constitute a government or a state
5 authorities of the political spectrum
- Monarchy
- oligarchy
- democracy
- anarchy
- republic
Monarchy rules how many?
Ruled by one- dictatorship
Oligarchy rules how many
Ruled by a select group
Common form of government
Democracy rules how many
Ruled by many (majority)
Anarchy ruled by who
Rule by no one
Violent-hitler
Republic, ruled by who
Ruled by law
Government limited by law
Economic systems
Production & exchange of goods/services
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allocation of resources in society
What system varies by degree
Economic systems
Government controls production
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Private ownership held
Economic system
Subjects are who
People are subject of government
No rights to protect from government
Obey government or else face consequences
Subjects
Definition of citizen
A member with rights and obligations
Citizen rights
Freedom of speech
right to assemble
legal protections = fair treatment in criminal system
Citizen responsibilities/obligations
Obey laws
pay taxes
serve the military if possible
jury duty
What is democracy
A form of government
Democracy is based on what concept
Popular sovereignty
In Democracy what are you guaranteed
Basic rights
Forms of democracy
Direct democracy-voter participate directly
representative democracy-voters elect representatives to make choices on their behalf
Popular sovereignty
No power higher then people in the US
What is politics?
The process of determining how power and resources are distributed in society
(Four) Democratic theories
Elite democracy
pluralist democracy
participatory democracy
advanced industrial democracy
