SOCI 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: The Power Elite, Charismatic Authority, Totalitarianism

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Understand the relationship b/w power and politics. Explain the 3 diff types of authority that leaders can possess. Consider the main political issues facing canadians. Identify the 4 main types of political systems. Politics: the social institution through which power is acquired and exercised by some people and groups. Politics is vitally important to all of us and political decisions affect us all. Government: is the formal organization that has the legal and political authority to regulate the relationships among members of a society and between the society and those outside its borders. State: the political entity that possesses a legitimate monopoly over the use of force within its territory. Power: the ability of persons or groups to carry out their will even when opposed by others. Authority: power that people accept as legitimate rather than coercive. People are more likely to accept authority as legitimate if it reflects their own beliefs and values.

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