POLS 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Social Forces

• School: University of San Diego
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 150
• Professor: Alan Segui

Document Summary

1: genesis of political institutions, emerge out of disagreement and interaction between social forces i. Political institutions: for system & components to be institutionalized, arrangements & frameworks that can be operated under must be present, disagreement will be present fr the start a. Its a given in a more politically conscious society=more opportunities for disagreement=more social forces: social forces result of disagreements, now result with scenario with competing groups/interests, where institutions come into play ii. Becomes the determinate for regulations & how disagreements with be resolved. Goal: trying to get disagreers to come to a mutual understanding enough to get a satisfactory outcome for those involved. Not willing to back down: absolute social conflict: think about italy"s political culture (almond & verba) Absence of social conflict, institutions are impossible: these lead to development of procedures to resolve their differences. Can be 3rd party, court system, democratic process etc. Creating devices w/ procedures ready to invoked in case of disagreements.