POG 100 Study Guide - Walmart, International Financial Institutions, Chopsticks

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POG 100
• Professor: Joerg Wittenbrinck

Document Summary

Politics: can be defined as activity relating influencing, making, or implementing collective decisions for a political community. In the course we have discussed the political system in its basic form, which involves three different components. And finally, feedback, where these decisions and actions are put to work and are given feedback to adjust and strengthen them. Without these three steps a political system can not function successfully. This is one of the reasons why many dictatorships have failed. While they have both inputs and outputs, many dictators ignore feedback and therefore don"t reassess or strengthen any bills or laws that are passed. Power: is defined as the ability to achieve an objective by influencing the behavior of others. Its hard to measure and can change depending on the objective and scenario. One example of the way power works is the president of the united states.