SOCA02H3 Lecture 6: second half of soc notes, week 6 lecture notes
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pol i ty: the institutionalized system by which society. Distributes power, sets the agenda for society, and hence. power: the abil ity to achieve desired goals despite. govern ment: a formal organization that directs the. aut hor i ty: power which people accept, see as justified, Criticism of elite theory it dismisses elections as unimportant, claiming that social decision-making is conducted by small elite, independent of the electorate this does not explain how and why government change www. notesolution. com. Pluralist theory power is widely dispersed; as a result, no group enjoys disproportionate influence, and decisions usually reach through negotiation and compromise sometimes category of voters or one set of interest groups wins political battle, sometimes another. most often politics involves negotiation and compromise between competing groups overall, democracy is guaranteed because no one group always able to control political agenda or outcome of political conflicts.