SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Retail Park, Traditional Authority, Democratic Ideals
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Politics & citizenship (commit sociology v2, pg 64-88) Power: the ability of an individual or a group to impose its will on others, even if they resisit. Social movements: when power is widely recognised as legitimate, it become authority, those who hold authority, often including those who occupy command social order, when non-authorities form collective attempts to change part or all of the. Political revolution: concerted attempt by many people to overthrow political institutions & Political parties: organisations that seek to control state establish new ones power. Normal politics are firmly in power: politics as it is practised when authorities. Politics beyond the rules: politics as it is practised when the legitimacy of authority grows weak. When authorities have to use coercive force, it is a sight that they are weak and binding regulations because they are not universally recognised as legitimate: this occurs fairly regularly even in normal politics.
