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Exam 1 Flashcards

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What types of power are there?

A

Social custom
Persuasive
Coercion

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What is power?

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Ability to compel or force another to an undertaking

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Social custom

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Civic ritual

Education

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Persuasive

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  • Oratory-elite members persuade each other; DOES NOT WORK TODAY
  • diplomacy-elite persuade other countries
  • propaganda
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Coercion

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Use of threat or violence

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Which form of power is the best?

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Social custom; it is the most reliable & cheapest

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What happens when a society is illiterate?

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There is no public opinion

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What was the biggest change in political history?

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The invention of mass communication and the creation of public opinion

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What does public opinion do?

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Sets the boundary of what the gov. Can do; propaganda is becoming more important

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Define politics

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The public distribution of scare resources

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What are 4 scarce resources?

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Titles & honors, land, money, and education

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What is dangerous about politics?

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Risk of human life, economic risks, mental anxiety, status abasement

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What is status abasement?

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The lowering or the harming of ones personal reputation

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Politics in the roman senate

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The senate
The challenge of Julius Caesar 
The senate killing Caesar
Mark Antony & Octavian
Octavian becomes emperor Augustus
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What is authority?

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Right to give command, that people have moral obligation to obey; makes gov. effective

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What are the elements of authority?

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Legitimacy & monopoly of force (ability to rule)

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What is the best form of legitimacy?

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Divine right

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What does a gov. need to have an affective authority?

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Both legitimacy and monopoly of force

18
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What consists of a monopoly of force?

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Military diplomacy & currency

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What happens when you have high legitimacy & low mon. of force?

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traditional emperor of japan

20
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What happens when you have a high monopoly of force & low legitimacy?

A

Military dictatorship

21
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What happens when you have a low legitimacy & low monopoly of force

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Civil war

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