PO264 Lecture 1: APPROACHING THE STUDY OF POLITICS
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Influence = respect: coercion = might, authority = right. Influence: the ability to persuade others to do your will voluntarily through appeals to intellect, passions, self-interest and/or group solidarity: coercion: the ability to make others do your will through the use of fear or threats. Inducement: involves the use of rewards or bribes: manipulation: involves the use of misleading or false information. Government: refers to the set of organizations that make, enforce and administer collective public decisions for a society (textbook p. 5: executive authority legislative authority judicial authority. Institutional approaches: concerned with the rules, procedures and organizational structures of political systems, devoted to explaining the impact(s) of rules, procedure and organizational structures on political practice. State-based approaches: emphasize the autonomy of state actors (the political elite, devoted to explaining the application of state power and the degree independence or interdependence of state and society.
