POL 101W Study Guide - Final Guide: Cultural Globalization, Electoral Fraud, Deliberative Democracy
11 Apr 2017
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An activity related to influencing, making or implementing collective decisions for a political community (whether a country, a local community, or the loosely organized global community). Political activity includes individuals or groups trying to influence the collective decisions and policies of governments and mobilizing support. The ability to influence others, particular to get them to do what they would not have otherwise done. Power is a relationship" among different individuals or groups. Ie the president of the united states can be very powerful in decisions concerning the deployment of armed forces, but less powerful when trying to persuade american congress concerning agricultural or housing policies. Involves using fear or threats of harmful consequences to achieve an outcome (ie nazi germany"s threat to invade czechoslovakia in order to convince the czech government to allow germany to annex part of its territory)
