POLI 204 Chapter 1: Chapter 1
18 Feb 2016
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Politics: activities related to inluencing, making, and implementing collective decisions. Power: the ability to afect the behavior of others, particularly by getting them to act in ways that they would not otherwise have done. The collective decisions of a political community mirror the distribution of political power. Some people, groups, and interests are better equipped to inluence government. The canadian council of chief executives: leaders of canada"s largest corporations. State: an independent, self-governing country who"s governing institutions are able to make and enforce rules that are binding on the people living within a particular country. Government: the set of institutions that have the authority to make executive decisions, prevent proposed laws, taxes, and expenditures to the appropriate legislative body; and oversee the implementation of laws and policies. Authority: the right to exercise power: have authority in the constitution. ".
