POL sci Flashcards
(52 cards)
Politics and Power
Decisions that are made everyday, allocation of values
Activity related to influencing, making decisions, maintain control of government
Boycotting lumber influence government decisions, get companies to change their actions
Power useful tool, influencing others, coercion (threats,Nazi), inducements (bribes), persuasion (manipulation), leadership (over citizens)
Political agenda, powerful with decisions
Three (3) faces of Power
affect decisions
issues not raised
affect dominant ideas
Distribution of Power
People power, ex Philippines 1986
Czechoslovakia 1989
China communist party fall 1989, peaceful
Positive and Negative of Power
Positive: cooperate or influence
Negative: Dominate or exploit
Tragedy of the commons
Authority and Legitimacy
Authority to use power, legitimacy to accept the authoritative power/govern
Types of authority: charismatic, Traditional, legal rational
Quality of leader, From god (monarch), Legal rules
So citizens will listen/obey
The common good
Order and security, good for entire political community
Not best idea, everyone have their own priorities
Interest and happiness with others
Supporting each other, some countries don’t do this
Achieving the common good
Democracy good, but oppress minorities
Pluralist system, solving different problems
Dictators justify inhumane actions
Communities and the future
Common good of humanity
Fewer shared interests/values
Quality of life
Understanding politics
Politics are very involved in our lives
Very complex, interests, values, decisions
Negative views, but positive to change for the good
Ideology
Political ideology: different perspectives
French Revolution 1789 Enlightenment
Ideology: Negative, Karl Marx justify harsh realities
Ideology: Positive, direction to someone’s political thinking
Liberalism
Human nature: ppl think/act to reason,
Key value: individual freedom
Political system: liberal, representative democracy
Rights: protect individual rights
Morality: state shouldn’t impose
Economy: free market, equal opportunity
Rule of Law: subject to the law
Conservatism
Human nature: imperfect with evil
Key value: order, stability, social harmony
Political system: traditional institutions
Rights: balance rights and duties
Morality: maintain traditional moral values
Economy: free market with social harmony
Stability and authority
Reactionaries: favour values of the past
Welfare state: decent standard of living
Egalitarianism
Human nature: cooperative and social
Key value: equality
Political system: equalitarian democracy
Rights: universal social and economic rights
Morality: promote equalitarianism
Economy: planned economy
Fascism
Human nature: motivated by emotion, not reason
Key value: loyalty to nation-state
Political system: totalitarian leader
Rights: subordinate individual to the state
Morality: duty to obey state and hero leader
Economy: corporate state
Left and Right seating
French Revolution 1789 seating
Monarch or Antimonarchist
Left
social and economic equality
oppose state
Universal human rights
Right
More elite powerful people
Traditional tactics
Classical Liberalism
Government has limited power
Protect life, liberty, and property
Free market
John Locke
Laissez-faire economic system
Reform liberalism
Individual freedom and government action to remove problems
John Rawls
Neo-Liberalism
Free marketplace and opposition of government in economy
Reduce tax
Remove barriers of trade
New-right
Free market capitalism
Limited government
Traditional, cultural, moral values
Equality
Social conservatism
Public policies
Traditional moral and religious values
Traditional conservatism
Respect authority
Limited democracy
Element populism
Socialism
People are social in nature
Egalitarian system
Mixed economy
Free or low cost public services
