POL 1101 Lecture 2: Politics note 2

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 1101
• Professor: Daniel Pierre- Antoine

Document Summary

Politics concern the formulation and execution of decisions binding upon the population of a community or society, and the relationship between those who make such decisions and those who are affected by them. Besides investigating relationship between the state and/or government and the people, the objects of political study we will be concerned with are: Plato, aristotle, st. augustine, st. thomas aquinas, hobbes, rousseau, marx. Political science as means to achieve political relations. Focus on security policies, conflict resolution, diplomacy, rivalry, cooperation, and warfare among states. Focus on similarities and differences among states with respect to executive, legislative and judicial bodies, constitutions, administrative organizations, foreign policies, political parties and processes (economic, social and political). (cid:862)po(cid:449)e(cid:396) te(cid:374)ds to (cid:272)o(cid:396)(cid:396)upt a(cid:374)d a(cid:271)solute po(cid:449)e(cid:396) (cid:272)o(cid:396)(cid:396)upts a(cid:271)solutely. (cid:863) The ability to ensure that issues are not raised. The ability to affect dominant ideas of society. Power is the ability to impose one"s will on another. It implies a capacity for force, i. e violence.