SOC100H5 Lecture : Chapter 17 – Politics & Government - pp.401-428
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The social institution that distributes power, sets a society"s goals, and makes decisions. Power legitimized by respect for long-established cultural patterns. Power legitimized by legally enacted rules and regulations. Power legitimized by extraordinary personal abilities that inspire devotion and obedience. A political system where a single family rules from generation to generation. A political system that gives power to the people as a whole. A political system that denies peoples participation in the government lives. A centralized political system that very much regulates peoples. : power is dispersed among many competing interests groups. : power is concentrated among the very rich. The system is biased explains politics in terms of a society"s economic system. Power beyond the rules: revolution radically transforms a political system, terrorism employs violence in the pursuit of political goals and is used by a group against much more than a powerful enemy. www. notesolution. com.
