BIOL 206 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Political Freedom, Direct Democracy, Social Conflict
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Politics: who gets what, when, and how, the authoritative allocation of values, the process of coming to a definitive decision about who gets what or whose values everyone is going to live by. Popular sovereignty: the authority to legally wield coercive power in order to allocate values, autocracy- absolute monarchs or dictators, ex: nazi germany under hitler and. Soviet union under stalin: oligarchy- small group of people, ex: a militia junta (group of generals, democracy- broadly share power among all citizens, rule by the people . The right to criticize governmental leaders and policies. The right to propose new courses of government action. The right to form and join interest groups. The right to discuss political issues free from government censorship. Even distribution of wealth is incompatible with democracy views. d. i. It limits the freedom of individuals to decide how to use their economic d. ii. and social resources.
