POLS 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Scientific Method, Political Philosophy, Equal Opportunity
13 Sep 2016
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9/1/2016: lecture unit 1: on politics and science. Power: the ability to influence another"s behaviour via force, persuasion, or rewards. Gaining authority through an election would be legitimate. Ability to back decisions made with force. Autocracy: power placed in a single person. Oligarchy: power placed in small number of people. Democracy: government where the people share power. Representative democracy: government where the people rule indirectly. Political institutions that holds a monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory (waber) Key aspects of definition in three ways: Even the free market depends on structure of laws and regulations. The ability to govern people without outside interference. Establishing the rule of law and everyone obeys. Unlikely to be provided by individuals, such as education, The study of interactions between people involving power and authority (wasserman) The study of influence and influential (lasswell) The systematic study of government, political institutions, processes and behaviour (bond and smith)
