POLS 110 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Guide: Liberal Democracy, Illiberal Democracy, Robert A. Dahl
28 Nov 2016
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Pols 110a lectures 1 and 2 (week 1) introduction to politics. Politics: from the greek word polis meaning the city . Greece organised itself into self governing city states. Athens is the considered the root of democracy because men over eighteen were able to decide their leader. Aristotle wrote: man is a political animal , claiming that we make decisions about how we live together, whereas other animals run on instinct. Recently we have included our relationships to non-humans in politics. Different ways to define politics focus on different aspects. Emphasis on power (influence, control, coercion authority) Emphasis on distribution of resources/values (who gets what, when, how, why) Reading: intro to politics introduction garner et al. *according to aristotle, the rule of many with their own interests (democracy) was little better than mob rule. Implies force societies are hard to maintain on just power.
