POLS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bernard Crick, Robert A. Dahl, Normative Economics
17 Nov 2015
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Things of common interest in a community. Aristotle: what makes us human is that we are political, we can make decisions about how we live together . Emphasis on institutions: the state, the government, political parties, interest groups. Robert dahl: emphasis on power in its various forms: control, influence, authority, coercion. Emphasis on distribution of resources or of values: who gets what, when, and how or. Bernard crick: emphasis on process of conciliation - groups get the influence equivalent to their importance in society. Recognition of the likelihood of different opinions & interests. Therefore subject to change through actions, processes, development of structures & systems. What/whom you include or exclude has political effects i. e: narrow or broad: definitions of politics have political consequences. Study of politics is usually politically motivated. What we see as political is constantly changing. Great thinkers tried to figure out how best to live.
