SOCA02H3 Lecture : politics notes
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Lecture 6 and 7 politics: polity rules, politics power: decides what the society is going to do (max weber). Sociologists are concerned with those using this power and authority. Canada conservatives plurality 45% of the votes. rule of succession: the way in which someone takes over power from someone else. The golden chain monarchy--transferred from generation to generation monarchy: traditional, today just institutional monarchy is left which has no power. In the past though, the king was treated as god"s representative on earth ( the divine right of kings ). But the gg too is chosen by the pm, the queen has to approve too patriarchy traditional power of men over women. Religion traditional authority: rational legal authority : laws made by authorities. It tells governments how people achieve and use power. Rational law treats everyone equally, unlike tradition which applies it unevenly.
