What Is Politics? Flashcards
What are the 4 main views of politics?
- Politics as the art of government.
- Politics as public affairs.
- Politics as compromise and consensus.
- Politics as power.
Define: Politics as the art of government.
What (arena) concerns the state or government. A traditional view that ignores many other actors and organisations.
Define: Politics as public affairs
(Arena) What concerns the state AS WELL AS the public sphere.
What is the Public Sphere?
The social space where the people can debate over things pertinent to public interest without interference from the state.
Define: Politics as compromise and consensus
(Process) Politics as a mean of resolving conflicts through compromise and consensus. Its key is the wide dispersal of power.
Define: Politics as power
(Process) Politics as the exercise of power by one person/entity over another.
Define: Power
When A gets B to do something that B wpuld not otherwise have done by use/threat of force, manipulation/intimidation, promise of reward, creation of loyalty, power of numbers, etc…
What are Luke’s “Three faces of Power”?
- Power as decision-making
- Power as agenda setting.
- Power as thought control.
What is the broadest definition of politics?
Politics as power.
According to Heywood, what is politics?
The activity through which people make, preserve and amend the general rules under which they live.
Politics is a ____ activity
Social
Politics is a continual search for ___________
Conflict resolution
