POLS 2910 Midterm: POLS 2910 - Mid-Term Study Notes.docx
13 Dec 2012
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Politics often brings out the worst in human nature. Political science often lumps needs together with interests. Private sectors are those parts of society and the economy that function separately from government. A demand is the expression of opinion that some government action be taken. Whether people should solve their own problems or whether they should as the government or the state to intervene. Which areas of life the state should regulate and how much regulation is appropriate. Government is the set of institutions that make and enforce collective, public decisions for a society. Power is the ability of one actor to impose its will on another, to get its own way, to do or get what it wants. Coercion is the government having the ability to impose its will on us by means of sanctions or penalties. Laws, regulations, appointments, grants, contracts, services, and judgments. Can collectively be referred to as the outputs of the political system.
