SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: White Paper, First Nations, Chico Mendes
11 Feb 2015
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Politics: the social institution through which power is acquired and exercised by some. Government: the formal organization that has the legal and political authority to regulate the relationships among members of a society and between the society and those outside its borders. State: the political entity that possesses a legitimate monopoly over the use of force within its territory to achieve its goals. Power: the ability of persons or groups to carry out their will even when opposed by others. Authority: power that people accept as legitimate rather than coercive. Protest can take a variety of forms: peaceful, violent, foot-dragging, academic, political. Political and anti-state protests the most violent. Enmeshed instrumentalism within governance a motivating issue. Chico mendez: brazilian rubber tapper, unionist, and environmental activist, murdered in 1988 by ranchers opposed to his activism. Since 1960, there have been major changes in the status of quebec. 1960: the quiet revolution: from a traditional catholic province to a modern secular one.
