AUPOL103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Harold Lasswell, Ultimate Power, Michel Foucault
13 Sep 2017
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Aristotle: man is by nature a political animal. : people and politics - ever present force in all societies. Whenever two or more people come together, there is invariably some form of politics at play. Politics helps us how we think about ourselves, others and the world: glue that holds social relationships together, constantly shifting, why political events unfold as they do and to see warning signs on the horizon. Wars are fought between states: war on terror - not against states but against small and scattered groups of non- state actors who deploy a particular form political violence. Political science - the study of power"s various distributions, uses, and outcomes. Niccolo machiavelli - rst modern political scientist as he distinguished between the. Vladimir lenin: who does what to whom . Harold lasswell: who gets what, when, and how . Politics is about the exercise of power. Power to: being empowered : idea of power to is an outright sham.
