Politics Flashcards
(31 cards)
social institution through which power is acquired and exercised by some people and groups
politics
in contemporary societies, the government is the primary political system
politics
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
government
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
state
the ability of person A to make person B do what person B would not otherwise do (american political science association)
power
the ability pf persons pr groups to achieve their goals despite opposition from other (weber 1968 /1922)
power
capacity to direct
power
two kinds of power
coercion
authority
exercise of power through force / threats
coercion
power that is supported by the norms and values that legitimate its use
authority
but if the state oppresses its people it may result to a resolution - armed resustance with the intention to overthrow a government
the collapse authority
ideal types of authority
traditional
rational legal authority
charismatic authority
authority as ideal type
traditionally looted in beliefs and practuces of society
tradition auth
basics of power is based on inheritance or long standing custom
trad auth
the right way to determine a ruler because that is the way it has always been done
status is key concept
trad auth
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
rational legal auth
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
charismatic auth
in practice, the successful exercise of authority usually combines these types
authority as ideal type
nation states began to develop throughout time -from civilizations to empires
political systems
each have its own distinc political system - how power is exercised
poltical system
power resides in one person or family
power passed on from generation to generation
pol systems
two types pf monarchy
absolute
constitutions
power is held solely by the monarch
claim is based pn hereditary pr divine right to rules
absolute monarchy
the monarch reigns but does not govern
minister and parliaments exercise rel power
constitutional monarchy
