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1.1- Intro to Politics & Power
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Intro to Politics
Essential Questions
What is your working definition of: power, politics?
Essential Questions
What are the components of political power?
"Politics"
Polis- City
Politikos- Decision making process of the city
Eccelsia- group of people involved
"Politics"
"Who gets what, when, how"- Harold Lasswell
Politics is Personal
Family
Work
Friends
Neighborhood
Components of Power
Rules- how the system works
Specific
Vague
Discretion
de facto
de jure
Power
Institution- set of rules (rights, roles responsibilities)
Examples of Social Institutions?
Healthcare
Family/marriage
Education
Religion
Government
Military
Constitution
Set of rules for a state
geographic area under a set of rules and responsibilities
enforcement
Establishes the fundamental responsibility of government
Single document
Constitution
Collection of laws/policies
Shared agreed upon values
Constitutional crisis- when the rules of the state do not function as intended
Reality and Politics
Reality- made up by facts
fact- supported with evidence
determines capacity within rules
Reality
Age
Factors of political reality
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Education
Geography
Choices in Politics
Rules- options legally available to individual
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Reality- advantages and disadvantages of individual
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Choices
Choices- decision made by individual(s) based on rules and their reality
Political choices?
Vote
Donate
Run for office
Protest
Consent in Political Science
Original- Original Formation
Consent
Express- Mechanism for ones position to be heard, possible agent of change
Tacit- Non-action, acceptance
Conflict and Compromise
Conflict- A desire for what one does not have
Politics- Process of resolving conflicts without violence
Conflict & Compromise
Status quo- existing set of circumstances/reality
Bargaining- Process of changing status quo
Outcomes of Bargaining
No agreement- Status quo remains
Compromise- all parties make some concessions to their position
Possible Outcomes of Political Process
Logrolling- give some take some, all parties are better off at end