POL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Darwinism, Social Democracy, Invisible Hand
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Politics: who gets what, when, where, and how. We are political animals -aristotle how power and resources are distributed in society. Power: the ability to get others to do what you want: red light theory: you stop at a stop light because the police has authority over you. Politics give our lives some sort of social order: example: somalia. Dangerous, etc: if there were no power, the weak would fail with no chance and the strong would dominate aka, social darwinism. How power is managed must be legit or there will be violence: the human history of warfare attests to he fragility of political life. Government: a system or organization for exercising authority over a body or people. Authority: power that people recognize as legitimate. Rules: laws on must obey: how people get what they want, institutions: organizations in which government power is exercised. Used to civilly settle political struggles and imbalances.
