[POLS 2300] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (38 pages long!)

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Voter interests judicial system political system regionalism private interests. Factors you should be aware of when looking at a political system coercion elite accommodation embedded state globalization government power private sector public sector. Coercion government has the authority to impose its will on citizens authority. Public policies emerge from the interaction of elites common socioeconomic characteristics. 5b what is elite accommodation? fundamentalism the embedded state extensive state operations connected to most aspects of society government cannot act independently of societal forces. Power o fnation- state is in decline. Imf,wto, nafta confluence of business, culture and technology. Government set of institutions that make and enforce collective, public decisions for a society. Democratic vs. nondemocratic variant evolving notion of democracy govt is a set of institutions that have rules. Power ability of one actor to impose its will on another to get its own way ability to do or get what it wants collective assent various forms of power exist legal coercive.