exam 3 Flashcards
ability to achieve ones goal despite objection from other, and the ability to cause to behave in way that they would otherwise would of done
Power
power that seems to be legitimate
Authority
power that is not legitimate
Coercive force
legitimate social institution for the equitation and exercise of power with a person or group
Politics
Formal organization with legal and political authority to regulate relationships among members is the society and between society and those outside those borders
government
four groups of government
primary, secondary, social network, and formal organization
small personal group with no goal
primary groups
large impersonal and with a goal
secondary
loosely group of people that stay in touch
social network
designed for a specific goal
formal organization
political intently position of monopoly over the use of force within its territory and to achieve their goal
State
functionalism
pluralist model
power is widely distributed between special interest group or lobbies
pluralist model
conflict Theory
Elite Model
power is highly concentrated in the hands of a small number of global industrialists
controls “productive wealth”
Elite Model
three levels of Elite Model
power-elite
government
mass public
extremely powerful, 1%
power elite
powerful
government
relatively powerless
mass public
C. Wright Mills came up with ______
power elite
Max Weber came up with ______
legitimating authority
three types of legitimating authority
Traditional Authority
Charismatic Authority
Rational-Legal Authority
Power that legitimated on long standing customs and practices
Traditional
examples of traditional authority
monarchy
power is passed from generation to generation within a family
monarchy
power made legitimated based on the person personality characteristics
charismatic
power that is legitimated from rules, regulation, and procedure
Rational-legal authority
logistical apparatus to engage in US politics, formulates and disseminating party platform
political parities
party ideological justification why power should obtain and sustained
party platform
Political parties obtains ____________ as the primary source for funds
corporate contribution
two primary functions for third parties
informer
spoiler
exert pressure on mainstream parties to recognized certain issues
informer
divert critical votes away from certain candidates in certain political contests
spoiler
traditional
Fashioned after the past
Favoring the preservation and regard proposals for change with distrust
Moderate, prudent, cautious
conservative
Conservative is the ___________ party
republican
Progessive
Fashioned towards the future
Non-revolutionary progress
Favor the freedom of individuals to act or express themselves in a manner of their own choosing
Liberal
Liberals is the ________ party
democrats
TRUE/FALSE
Both parties have appropriated liberal and conservative positions as convenient to effectively management of public opinion.
True
who came up with economic and social dimensions of political belief and action
Robert Merton
Conservative on social issues and on economics issue
Conservative on social issue but NOT on economic issues
Liberal on social issues and on economic issues
Liberal on social issues and NOT on economic issues
Economic and Social Dimension of Political Belief and Action