PSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Parliamentary Sovereignty, Totalitarianism, Westminster System
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1. if south has both industrialist and plantation and same with north; government control through monopoly would be less popular. North/south); industrialists in the north would find allies in the south and vice versa . *seeking coalitions across divide to strengthen legislative authority (no call for secession bc allies on the other side) Max weber: traditional authority - divine right to rule , "charismatic authority", legal authority. *substructure (economics) vs. superstructure (law, gov, etc. (which are how they are bc of substructure) Karl marx believed that economics provides the substructure for everything else in society. Peasants deemed sack of potatoes ; no class consciousness bc they don"t understand their own interests (isolated bc farms, no common goals) Marx believes that how these classes interact will always naturally bring about revolution. Black market: lacks incentive for innovation; stunted soviet union"s growth in terms of technological innovation.