POLS 2300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Representative Democracy, Totalitarianism, Liberal Democracy
22 Dec 2016
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Pols*2300 chapter 1: an introduction to political life. Politics is the activity by which rival claims are settled by public authorities. Political scientist jill vickers argues that the public realm and private realm distinction is fundamentally sexist. Believes that theres a tradition of political thinking allowing men to dominate the public realm while women are limited to the private realm. Power: compliance can result from the threat or use of force (coercion). Party a can influence party b that an. Power is the ability to influence what happens. action is in their best interest (influence). Pluralism: those who see politics as fundamentally a competition where the state responds to those that are best organized and have superior financial resources. Class analysis: beginning with karl marx, sees the state in capitalist societies where the minority who control the most of society"s wealth maintain their social and economic dominance. Feminism: views the state as an inherently patriarchal institution.
