POLS 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Social Forces, Feedback

• School: University of San Diego
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 150
• Professor: Alan Segui

Document Summary

First 15-20 pages of ch 1 of huntington. Listen to audio: level of political community reflects relationship between social forces and political, strong community needed bc disagreements among members in community are institutions (amid social mobilization ) anticipated i. ii. Ie interest groups/poli parties formed based on political cleavages: political cleavages: divisions in society that enables groups to form (for the most part non-state actors) Form based on diversity of interests i: state actors: gov & bureaucracy, other actors; tech non state, state actors have sovereign power* i. Has sole authority i. ii. iii. iv. i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. i. ii. iii. iv: social forces. Based on territory, religion (cultural background), gender, age & etc (political cleavages*) Or might navigate existing ones to organize around. Modern day interest groups: compelling a party to organize support in respected communities, political institutions arrangements , frameworks. Can be formalized in legal code, constitution & etc.