SOCI 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Michel Foucault, Political System
11 Jan 2018
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Social movements - political issues: not all politics = electoral - mainstream ect, social change can happen via many different avenues. Striking to share power or striving to in uence the distribution of power, either among states or among groups within a state . The state: political institution with a monopoly on the legitimate use of force over a clearly de ned territory . Issues related to government institutions: example: m. a. d. d. Government sets the blood alcohol levels: wright mills. Personal troubles of milieu: public issues of social structures. The state: political institution with a monopoly on the legitimate use of force over a clearly de ned territory: example: canadian government is the only body that is allowed to have a military. But not just a state - citizen context - one aspect. Power and authority is not always exercised as physical force. Power is at work in apparently therapeutic institutions. Brought our attention to different regimes of power.
