POLS 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Equality Of Outcome, Meritocracy, Guerrilla Warfare

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

Document Summary

Corruption: public officials engaging in behavior deviation from norms for private ends a: social mobilization changes accepted norms for political actor behavior. Change of expectations/behaviors of defining corruption (expansion due to social mobilization) Increased loyalty and identification towards nation-state: shared characteristics (culture, religion. Ie americans over californians, san diegans & etc a: key* as result of sm triggered by em. Expansion of authority, sources of public power: need someone to enforce to prevent corruption, however more power to sell/benefit personally, more public power available for corruption, anti corruption mentality has reverse effect. The passage of strict laws against corruption serves only to multiply opportunities for corruption (62: enforcement mechanism creates more opportunities for those connected to the enforcement mechanism. Indication of autonomy=dependent upon someone: more opportunities to cave in & sell said power, why does modernization facilitate violence, modernization promotes consciousness. Educating more people (for industrialization-econ: certain level of literacy needed unlike agrarian econ.