Lecture 1.1 Flashcards
Power and PowerRelations
What is political science?
The study of politics, government, and public policy.
What does political science include?
Processes of government, institutions of government, behavior of people in government, and how citizens interact with their government.
What are students’ notions of political economy?
Power relations, power, interdisciplinary, resource allocation, and power allocation.
What does political economy investigate?
The interaction of political and economic processes in a society.
What is a key point in political economy?
Economic issues can only be understood in the context of political realities.
What do political economists assume?
Political questions of resource ownership, power, and distribution greatly influence the process of development.
What is the political question to ask?
Who benefits and who loses from a given situation?
What are students’ notions of administration?
Organizational management, governance, and management.
What does administration focus on?
Execution of public affairs as distinguished from policy making.
What is public administration?
The science and art of managing the operations and activities of a public organization.
What are students’ notions of forestry development?
Sustainable development, strategic, sustainable growth, and sustainability.
What does forestry development involve?
Processes and outcomes in the evolution of the discipline and practice of forestry.
What is the definition of politics?
The ‘play of power’ where power is exercised over others and oneself.
What is power?
The ability to wield influence over other people and hold positions of prominence.
What are the two views of power?
- Power as a social relation built on asymmetrical distribution of resources. 2. Decentered model of power as subjectless.
What is the dominant view of power?
A special case of the exercise of influence involving control and threats.
What is authority?
The right to exercise power from a position placed according to accepted procedures.
What is legitimacy?
The condition of being correctly placed in a role and performing its functions correctly.
How is power most readily exercised?
When the source is recognized as legitimate by those subject to it.
What are ways to attain legitimation of power?
Appeal to tradition, institutionalization in societal structure, charisma, excellent performance, and participatory approaches.
