Power
- Created by: QueenAelin
- Created on: 18-09-18 01:06
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- Power in Politics
- The ability to get others to act in a particular way
- Coercive power (force)
- Where force or the threat of force is used to stay in power
- Can involve torture, execution, and terror
- Usually achieved by...
- The use of threats and rewards
- The exercising of authority
- Political power
- Where leaders in democratic regimes use persuasion, rewards, and sanctions to retain power
- Patronage
- Party whips
- Where leaders in democratic regimes use persuasion, rewards, and sanctions to retain power
- Influential power
- Not power itself, but influence over individual's actions, decisions, and opinions
- Newspapers, public opinion, and trade unions
- Have influence, but no power to enforce their wishes
- Mechanisms and processes exist to provide the gov with the authority it needs to manage conflicts
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