POL 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Liberal Democracy, Empiricism, Authoritarianism
9 Aug 2018
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Power most important concept (comes in various forms) Progressive discipline leadership, influence, economic, military, protest. Part of the social sciences, scientific study of human society and social relationships: shows why events take place, how situations can be improved, and how it is we come to know what we know. Socialization: process whereby individuals act in a social manner; creation of social and political authority and rules to regulate behavior so as to permit operation of social units. Politics allows for distribution of benefits and wealth, and public goods: public goods: resources that are present in a political system where use by one individual should not be affect use by others. Decision-making: mechanism/pattern of relations involving different levels of gov"t where determinations and judgments regarding the governance of political system are made. Aristotle: humans possess logos which means we reason and we communicate.
