POLS 110 Lecture Notes - Mind Control
27 Feb 2013
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Normative: political science is the search for the good life. Demonstrate that power has different forms, resides in different places and need not be conscious. There is no society, there is only individuals and families. Power is the capacity to bring about outcomes. What are we interested in: acquisition of power. Power is not what you do, but what you wrought. Who or what has it: power by oratory (obama, power by status (bono, power is relationships and structure, power is a chain; only as strong as its weakest link. Is low level officer committing war crimes justifiable by orders and the importance of following orders. Power as decision making: what does this look like, you can identify who decides, but you can"t identify who decides when. Power as agenda setting: what does this look like, making decision based on things put before us.
