What is Politics
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- Created on: 02-06-16 19:14
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- What is Politics?
- The study of politics is how decisions are made in Government and how people believe they should be made.
- Politics is about conflict resolution.
- Politics is an exercise of power.
- Can be threats or force (coercion)
- Can be using legitimate decisions via authority.
- Weber identified 3 types of authority.
- Traditional (the monarchy)
- Charismatic (popular leaders such as Tony Blair)
- Rational-Legal such as the constitution of the USA
- Weber identified 3 types of authority.
- Dowse and Hughes said that politics occurs when there are differentials in power.
- Power is the ability to influence the actions of others via threats, sanctions or abuse of power relationships.
- Reward those who conform and punish those who don't.
- Power is the ability to influence the actions of others via threats, sanctions or abuse of power relationships.
- Lukes said there are 3 faces of power.
- Decision making which is transparent.
- Non decision making which takes place behind closed doors such as agenda setting
- Manipulation of desires through ideology to persuade the electorate to desire what those in power desire.
- Marx state that power in a capitalist society was held by the bourgeoisie and that the government was a committee of the bourgeoisie/
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