POSC 1000U Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Steven Lukes, Positive Liberty, Negative Liberty
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Politics has its own terminology and concepts: concept: general idea emerging from events or instances. Concepts help us establish consistency in political analysis. But concepts are often not universally agreed upon: there are no laws" in politics. Specifically, how humans govern themselves into the body politic: body politic: entirety of a political community. Organization may start with a common territory, but will lead to values, beliefs, and attitudes. Order: condition in which both units and interaction within a political system are marked by regularity and stability with the imposition of accepted and enforced rules, structures, and practices. Democracy: political system based on the principle that governance requires the assent of all citizens through participation in the electoral process, articulation of views, and direct or indirect representation in governing institutions. Composed of two words: demos meaning the people , kratos meaning rule . Protective democracy put in place in the us after 9/11.
