Exam 4, Chapter 15 Flashcards

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What is the main issue of politics

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People are often forced to surrender some control of their lives to leaders and government
-individual needs often conflict with group needs

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What is the goal of politics

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to provide for common good

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What is a political system

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social institutions and procedures for achieving the goals of a group
-each society must have a political system to allocate valued resources

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What is politics

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exercise of power/authority

-“who gets what, when, and how”

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What is power

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ability to exercise one’s will over others

-whoever can control the behavior of others is exercising power

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What are three sources of power

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  1. Force
  2. influence
  3. authority
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describe force, one of the three sources of power

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use of coercion to impose your will on another

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describe influence, one of the three sources of power

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power through process of persuasion

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describe authority, one of the three sources of power

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recognized institutionalized power

-legitimate power through elected or publicly acknowledged positions

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What is the commons

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A common piece of land that is shared by individuals

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What is the tragedy of the commons

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That shared piece of land gets overused because nobody replenishes what they take from the land.

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How does politics develop a system to address the tragedy of the commons

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individuals surrender control to government oversight of shared resources, the problem is that power tends to be abused

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What is trash can jenga

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Whoever makes the giant pile of trash dump over is the one that has to take the trash out

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What is the problem with taming the state

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the state has monopoly on legitimate use of force, how to keep from using it to exploit its own people

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What are the two requirements for taming the state

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  1. clear set of rules/laws that limit the states power and means of exercising power
  2. A structure where power is dispersed among many powerful groups
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What are the two types of states

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elitist and pluralist

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What is an elitist state

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a single elite group rules, single minority rules, leads to tyranny

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What is a pluralist state

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rule by many competing elites, power is dispersed with diverse interested, power shifts among coalitions of many minorities, ***needed to tame the state

19
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What are threats to democracy

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  1. tyranny of the minority (elitist)
    - privileged few take control of government and repress the many
  2. tyranny of the majority
    • danger that majority of citizens would use representative government to exploit minority groups
20
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About women in politics

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voters are bias against female candidates, but its related to other factors such as more incumbents are men

21
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What are the three types of authority

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  1. traditional
  2. legal-rational
  3. charismatic
22
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Describe traditional authority

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king/queen accepted as ruler by inheritance. Authority rests in custom, written law by not in personal characteristics

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Describe legal-rational authority

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power made legitimate by law, constitution gives congress/president to make laws

24
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Describe charismatic authority

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Glamour, charm, attractiveness of a person.

  • power legitimized by emotional appeal
  • person lead without relying rules