POL 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-4: Authoritarianism, Internal Control, Proletariat

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 1101
• Professor: Daniel Pierre- Antoine

Document Summary

Power: ability to achieve goals in a political system and to have others do as you wish them to. Power and authority can be bought with economic wealth (in local community or global. Allows us the opportunity to create a hierarchy of actors and interests in the political system. In uence: the ability to change behaviour in others without exerting direct power over them system) us, our families and our community. Political studies: formal study of politics within and among nations. Helps us understand how events and decisions that seem far removed from our lives affect. Demonstrates how we organize ourselves in a social environment. Government: the institutions and people responsible for carrying out the affairs and administration of a political system. Socialization: process whereby individuals act in a social manner; creation of social and political authority and rules to regulate behaviour and thus permit operation of social units.