POL 128 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mahatma Gandhi, Ethnic Nationalism
20 Apr 2017
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The ability to get what you want regardless of what others want: you can be the individual, government. Power is a relative concept: how much power you have is determined by how much power a different institution/country has, eg. Canada is a relative powerful country if it is compared to a place like. Panama, cuba (bigger population, stronger economy, respectable community: however, compared to united states, we do not have power (bigger military, population, etc. ) Power has three dimensions: power is influenced, government tries to persuade us to do something or not do something, eg. There are still traditio(cid:374)al ways i(cid:374) today"s so(cid:272)iety o(cid:374) who gets power: eg. 50 year old man is more likely to get elected than a young woman (older man has more wisdom) cultural bias. Something special about them that compels them to listen to them, support them. You have authority, you have respect because of the legal office that you hold.
