ARCH 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Mao Zedong, Charismatic Authority

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Archaeology
• Course: ARCH 100
• Professor: Emma Humphrey

Document Summary

Activity related to influencing, making, or implementing collective decisions for a political community. Ability to achieve an objective by influencing the behavior of others, particularly to get them to do what they would have not done otherwise. Coercion involves using fear of threats of harmful consequences to achieve outcome (cid:224) nazi"s threat to invade czechoslovakia. Inducements involve achieving an outcome by offering a reward or bribe. Persuasion using truthful info to encourage people to act in accordance etc, manipulation, etc. Political agenda issues that are considered important and given priority in political deliberations. 3 faces of power: 1st face ability to affect decisions, 2nd face ability to ensure that issues are not raised, 3rd face ability to affect the dominant ideas of society. Political institutions may organize and operate in ways that advantage or this includes wealth, economy, social status, prestige and etc disadvantage certain groups. Ie: us senate, contains 2 senators elected from each state.