SOC 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 45: Nuclear Proliferation, Terrorism Acts, Oligarchy

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1200
• Professor: Susan Miller

Document Summary

Totalitarianism = a highly centralized political system that most intensely controlled extensively regulates peoples" lives political form control of the government . Political parties = organizations operating within the political system that seek. Pluralist model = an analysis of politics that sees power as spread among many competing interest groups (durkheim) . Power-elite model = an analysis of politics that views power as concentrated among the rich society"s economic system another . Marxist model = an analysis that explains politics in terms of the operation of a. Political revolution = the overthrow of one political system in order to establish. Terrorism = acts of violence or the threat of violence used as a political strategy by an individual or group . War = organized, armed, conflict among the people of two or more nations, directed by their governments . Military-industrial complex = the close association of the federal government, the military and defense industries .