POLSCI 2F03- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 29 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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^there are a lot of ways to think who has the power. The formal avenues of power such as the. There are also informal avenues of power in our daily lives such as the police, and social forms of power like the wealthy. Power is relatively dispersed and has multiple sources (financial, time, expertise, ability to mobilize others) The lineup of individuals in interest groups varies greatly across issue areas: people may be opposed to one another on one issue, but in agreement on another. As a result, one cannot say that one group rules, as people will win and lose across issue areas, and even groups have concentrated one resources (ie money), may lose to opponents who have mobilized other resources. Primary focus is on the role of organized interests in affecting policy outcomes. Elections exist as a check on narrow interests who grow too powerful.
