PSCI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Harold Lasswell
7 Sep 2016
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Power of coercion: making people do things. Power of extraction: taking things away from people (military, taxes: the state: institutions within government that implement power. Other examples: judicial branch, presidency : forms of government. Politics what and why: definition 1: process by which groups or people make decisions , definition 2: the process that determines what government does. Apt: definition 3: who gets what, when, and how harold lasswell, elements of politics. People or groups who have a role in making decisions. The presence of conflict leads to debate/argument, negotiation, and compromise. Actors employ strategies to influence eventual decisions that are made to influence outcomes. Political systems what: form of government rules and procedures types of politics incentives form of government , questions. How well does it work: parts of the political system. What do key people in power think? (ex.
