Politics

Question 1

social institution through which power is acquired and exercised by some people and groups

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politics

Question 2

in contemporary societies, the government is the primary political system

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politics

Question 3

the formal organization that has the legal and political authority to regulate the relationship among members of a society and between the society and those outside its members

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government

Question 4

some social analysis refer to the government as the state the political entity that possesses a legitimate monopoly over the use of force within its territory to achieve its goal

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state

Question 5

the ability of person A to make person B do what person B would not otherwise do (american political science association)

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power

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the ability pf persons pr groups to achieve their goals despite opposition from other (weber 1968 /1922)

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power

Question 7

capacity to direct

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power

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two kinds of power

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coercion

authority

Question 9

exercise of power through force / threats

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coercion

Question 10

power that is supported by the norms and values that legitimate its use

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authority

Question 11

but if the state oppresses its people it may result to a resolution - armed resustance with the intention to overthrow a government

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the collapse authority

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ideal types of authority

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traditional
rational legal authority
charismatic authority
authority as ideal type

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traditionally looted in beliefs and practuces of society

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tradition auth

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basics of power is based on inheritance or long standing custom

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trad auth

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the right way to determine a ruler because that is the way it has always been done
status is key concept

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trad auth

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not based on custom but on written rules
matters agreed to by reasonable people and written law
authority comes from position that an indivdual holds not from the person who holds it

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rational legal auth

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authority is based upon the person where people are drawn to
people believed that person has been touched by God or has been endowed by nature with exceptional qualities

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charismatic auth

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in practice, the successful exercise of authority usually combines these types

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authority as ideal type

Question 19

nation states began to develop throughout time -from civilizations to empires

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political systems

Question 20

each have its own distinc political system - how power is exercised

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poltical system

Question 21

power resides in one person or family

power passed on from generation to generation

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pol systems

Question 22

two types pf monarchy

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absolute

constitutions

Question 23

power is held solely by the monarch

claim is based pn hereditary pr divine right to rules

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absolute monarchy

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the monarch reigns but does not govern

minister and parliaments exercise rel power

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constitutional monarchy

Question 25

power resides on the people pf the state
demo means
krateen means

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democracy
the people
to rules

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two types of democracy

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direct and representative

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power resdes on directly w/ people of the state

citizens be able to meet together regularly to debate and decide the issues of the day

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direct democracy

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citizens elect representatives to exercise power in government, serves as their voice

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representative democracy

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authoritarianism

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power is vested on rulers who popular participation in government
seeks to control the media and suppress opposition

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power is gained by a group of military leaders

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military junta

Question 31

power rests on the state as it seeks to regulate all aspects of society

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totalitarianism