POLS 110 Midterm: POLS 110 Full Course Notes (Every Lecture and Reading)
6 Dec 2016
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Political means what it means to live together. Aristotle - man is a political animal : we have interest in questions that have to do with living together. They both create political, social and economic change. Emphasis on institutions: the government, political parties, or groups of interest. Emphasis on the power in its various forms: control, influence and authority (dahl, pg. Emphasis on distribution of resources and values who gets what, when and how (harold lasswell) and allocation of values (david easton) Emphasis on who is engaged (institutions) vs emphasis on focus of concern. Are all values political or are there some that are not? (trudeau) The common concerns of a group or community. These are socially constructed therefore they are subject to change through actions, structures and systems: always involves communication. The definition of politics is political: what or whom you include/exclude has political effects, what we see as political is changing *constant change.
