POLI 201 Study Guide - Totalitarianism, Liberal Feminism, Classical Liberalism

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Power, authority, & the state: political power: ability to make other human beings what you want them to do, political power typologies: a. People are not forced to do anything: appeals to intellect: Use of reason to convince someone to do: appeals to passions: Use of emotion to persuade someone to do something. something: coercion: but they don"t want to do it. Making people do what i want them to do: economic coercion, physical/violent coercion: Use threat of physical violence to make them do what i want them to do. Always present in societies to set disputes. government fines, lockouts/strikes, threat to fire you from your job. Use threat of public humiliation or being excluded from a group. Person is forced to involuntarily obey due to their fear of being a social outcast. Use threat of financial/material harm; i. e. social coercion: authority: People are not forced to do anything: efficient and legitimate exercise of power, efficient, legitimate:

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