Lesson 1 - Authority And Democracy

Question 1

Define authority

Answer 1

The recognition someone has power

Question 2

What is traditional authority

Answer 2

Comes from custom, eg monarchy, parents and tribal elders

Question 3

What is charismatic authority

Answer 3

Authority that’s comes from personality, eg hitler, Taylor swift

Question 4

What is legal rational authority

Answer 4

It involves a process to gain authority eg, coming elected, police officers, teachers

Question 5

Where did democracy begin

Answer 5

In Ancient Greece

Question 6

What’s direct democracy

Answer 6

When the electorate makes descisons themselves

Question 7

What’s representative democracy

Answer 7

Where the electorate vote in people to vote on there behalf

Question 8

What was the enlightenment

Answer 8

The slow gradual erosion inn the idea that religion can explain the world

Question 9

What are the beliefs of liberalism

Answer 9

Individualism and rationality

Question 10

What’s the idea of pluralism

Answer 10

Power should come from multiple different sources and should be spread throughout society

Question 11

What are the 3 separation in Montesquieu idea of separation of powers

Answer 11

Legislature- they make the law, follows legal rational process. Eg parliment
Executive - propose the law, rule the country
judiciory- interpret the law

Question 12

What is liberalism

Answer 12

Emphasis on individual rights, everyone’s important, and rule of law.

Question 13

What is an actor, give an example

Answer 13

Organisations or entity’s that have power, eg the state is a primary actor in politi s and international relations

Question 14

Give 4 key features of a state

Answer 14

• recognised y citizens and other states
  -Have official borders/ set territory
  -have an economy and unique currency eg pound/dollar
  -national anthem
  -flag
  -state owned infrastructure

Question 15

Define sovereignty

Answer 15

Supreme power or authority

Question 16

What is the constitutive theory

Answer 16

The existence of a state can only begin with its recognition by other states/ other states must regonize your legitimacy and sovereignty

Question 17

What is the declarative theory and its criteria to become a state

Answer 17

An entity can become a state as soon as it meets the minimal criteria: permeant population, defined territory, government, ability to enter relation with other states

Question 18

Define power

Answer 18

Power is used to effect change, rather than being viewed as a unitary or interdependent force

Question 19

Define sovereignty

Answer 19

Sovereignty characterises a states independence, its control over territory and its ability to govern itself

Question 20

Define legitimacy

Answer 20

Legitimacy refers to an actor or an action being commonly considered acceptable and provides the fundamental basis or rationale for all forms of governance and other ways of exercising power