PO101- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 43 pages long!)
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Why so hard to define: multifaceted so finding definition is difficult. Is it noble or a corrupt enterprise: how much is the discipline revolve around conflict. Is liberalism the final ideology: politics: pertaining to citizens, derived from greek polis meaning city state, urban dictionary: poli(man) + ticks(blood sucking creatures) Henry adams: the systematic organization of hatreds. Kirchner: money is power, money is politics. Isaak d"isreali: art of governing mankind by deceiving them. Harold laswell(1902-1978: bernard crick=a way of ruling divided societies by a process of free discussion without undue violence. Different views on politics: politics is art of government is all about the state, politics as public affairs incorporates the role if civil societies, politics as compromise and consensus. Otto von bismarck: created germany, used war to create powerful country. Aristotle: politics as public affairs, traditional understanding between public and private. Public realm: commerce, politics, work space, culture etc.
