POLS 2300 Chapter : 2300 chapter notes
13 Feb 2013
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The activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, esp. the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power. The boundaries of what is considered to be political can be called the public realm, while where it has no or limited authority is called the private realm. There is disagreement to what power relations count as political ones. Marxism- the political and economic theories of karl marx and friedrich. Engels, later developed by their followers to form the basis for the theory and practice of communism. Marxism, postmodernism (foucault), and feminism associate politics with a pervasive pattern of oppression it is about how inequalities are generated and reinforced though the power relations that exist between classes/gender groups in society. The boundary of politics is important to have; political conflict is largely about where exactly this boundary between public and private should be drawn. Power is the ability to influence what happens.
