GVPT 170 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Collective Action
30 Oct 2017
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Politics: process through which individuals and groups reach agreement on a course of common, or collective, action - even as they disagree on the intended goals of that action. Parents and teenagers negotiate over use of a family car, bosses and employees haggle over working conditions and pay. Politics matters because each party needs to find a solution to its conflict, and a solution requires parties to cooperate, even when it"s difficult. Success at politics almost invariably requires bargaining (exchange of proposals and counter proposals) and compromise (a settlement in which each side concedes some preferences to secure others. Preferences: givens that must be reconciled if they are going to agree to common course of action. Institution: in a democracy, an organization that manages potential conflicts between political rivals, helps them to find mutually acceptable solutions, and makes and enforces the society"s collective agreements. Among the prominent federal political institutions in the united states are.
