POLS 2910 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Capital, Nazi Germany, Totalitarianism
11 Dec 2017
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Brooks - politics, then, is the activity by which rival claims are settled by public authorities. The boundaries of what is considered to be political are located where the state"s authority reaches. Political philosophers sometimes call this the public realm. Beyond this line is the private realm, where the state"s authority does not exist. (4) . Easton - a political system can be designated as those interactions through which values are authoritatively allocated for society . Looks at where it"s more of a system where you allocate. Locke - a right of making laws with penalties of death [and lesser penalties] for the regulating and preserving of propertyfor the public good . Marx and engels - political poweris merely the organized power of one. Foucault - to governis to structure the possible field of action of others. Govern the scope of someone else"s actions. Ex. colours of clothes for guys in class - where the powers being exercised.
