POL 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Political Alienation, John Stuart Mill, Liberal Democracy

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- harold lasswell: the authorative allocation of values for society -- david easton, the art of the possible utto von bismatck, that activity in which conflicting interests struggle for advantage. Power: ability to impose one"s will on another or to get what one wants. Coercion: imposition of one"s will on another b y the use of penalty, force, or the threat of force. Persuasion: activity engaging people to convince them of the soundness of your ideas, or the problems, they will encounter if they follow other ideas. Influence: to create a state of mind in others where they anticipate your needs and interests and then accommodate them in their actions. Legitimacy: an ethical judegment that something is right and proper. Rand dyck refers to authority as legitimate power. Essence of authority is something more: the ability to make decisions which others consider binding and obey. Legal powers of office: personal charisma, changes your mind.

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