POLGOV LESSON 3--4

Question 1

are principles or values that one actively pursues as a goal, usually in the context of ethics, and one’s prioritization of ideals can serve to indicate the extent of one’s dedication to each.

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Ideals

Question 2

is more or less coherent set of ideas that provides a basis for organized political action, whether this is intended to preserve, modify or overthrow the existing system of power relationships

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Ideology

Question 3

are set of beliefs and ideas that define political activities, policies, and events

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Political Ideology

Question 4

A systematic way to characterize and classify different political positions or ideologies. The much bigger and more comprehensive illustrator is called the

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Political Compass

Question 5

people who belong on this side are usually liberal and promotes social equality and its promotion to all people

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The Left

Question 6

an ideology which states that all forms of government interfere with individual liberty and are therefore undesirable

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Anarchism

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a process for obtaining an objective of political and economic system in which the community owns property and all citizens partake in the delectation of the common wealth roughly according to their need

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Communism

Question 8

a system of social and economic organization in which property and the dispersion of income are accountable to social control rather than individual decision or market forces

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Socialism

Question 9

a political philosophy stressing the value of individual liberty and the role of the State in protecting the rights of its citizens

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Liberalism

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also stresses the idea of equality within the government such as separation of powers and checks and balances

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Liberalism

Question 11

people who belong on this side are usually traditional, conservative and view social orders and hierarchies as natural due to traditional social differences and competition in market economies

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The Right

Question 12

a political philosophy that places great emphasis in conserving as much as possible of the present social, economic, and political order

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Conservatism

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a term applied to extreme right-wing political position and mass movement that had a tendency to predominate political life

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Fascism

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people who belong on this side are usually striking a balance between the Left and the Right ideologies and are usually the “moderates”.

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The Central

Question 15

“Authority is, as will be discussed, a special kind of power.”

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Max Weber

Question 16

is the probability that one actor within a social relationship will be in a position to carry out his own will despite resistance, regardless of the basis on which this probability rests.”

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Power

Question 17

based on a person’s ability to compel people through threats, punishment, and force

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Coercive Power

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is based on a person’s ability to give rewards and benefits

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Reward Power

Question 19

allows control of other people’s behavior through the possession of knowledge, experience, or judgment which the other person needs but does not have.

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Expert Power

Question 20

is the extent on which a leader can use subordinates’ internalized values or beliefs in a setting wherein such leader has the right to command or control his/her subordinates’ behavior.

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Legitimate Power

Question 21

comes from the ability of a person to earn the trust and respect of the people

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Referent Power

Question 22

The probability that a command with a specific content will be obeyed by a given group of persons”

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Authority

Question 23

Derives from the existence, exercise, and maintenance of certain roles whose incumbents claim a right to have the people’s obedience

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Authority

Question 24

Originates from the public as a political actor. Derives from the beliefs and judgements of persons who are subject to the previously mentioned roles

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Legitimacy

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So in the middle of all this, how is power, authority, and legitimacy manifest in the modern era?

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The Constitution

Question 26

The basic law of the land
The supreme law
Principle of “Supremacy of the Constitution”

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The Constitution