POLB50Y3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Direct Democracy, Political General
25 Feb 2014
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Canada"s constitutional tradition: power is real and tangible and happens all the time. The discussion of power given by max weber. People will listen to what you say, because you have power. There are many different types of power: authority, coercion. : power achieved by the threat of negative consequences (violent threats, bribery, etc. ). : is power achieved by getting people to believe that it is right to do what you command. A political general showing respect to the political leader is a good example of this. In reality it is a bit of both authority backed by coercion: the state is a human community that successfully claims a monopoly on the legitimate use of force within a given territory. A government is the set of organizations within the state that make the decisions. Politics is the practice of attempting to influence decisions.
