PO101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Voluntary Association
4 Oct 2020
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Chapter 2 political power, authority and the state reading notes. Core concepts and material updates (review from last lecture) Politics: government; democratic government; power; citizen apathy, civil society. Specialized activity of those individuals and institutions that make and enforce collective decisions that are binding on the community. Ultimate aim is a democratic government because collective decision-making that is fair but always fall short because of power. The ability of one actor or group to achieve their goals in the political system. Politics always involves the exercise of power. May be difficult to see who has power (behind the scenes) canadas oil sands. In alberta 10% of worlds known petroleum resources, 3. 3 million barrels of oil to us per day. Government gets royalties on oil sales, puts environmental regulations. Alberta voters also have power on oil sands different ways of exercising power. Coercion: others submit involuntarily because of use of force, intimidation, ideological control, etc.
