CGS SS 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter Contrasting Views of Power SS 101: Mao Zedong, Charismatic Authority
11 Apr 2017
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* "political power [is] the right of making laws the regulating and preserving of property, and of employing the force of the community only for the public good. "" * power is the ability to make laws for the good of the community. ( public) * "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. "" * essentially about force and projection of violence. * for a society to function there has to be a system of power that can distribute power. * power is essential to a function of living- connected to culture. * power: the ability to impose your will-to get people to do what you want them to do-even in the face of resistance. * authority: power that is seen legitimate by those who are subject to it. ( person that is getting their way has the right to get their way). * peter berger: "one moves within society within carefully defined systems of power and prestige. ""
