POLI 200 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Veto, Political Party, Party System
12 Oct 2018
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POLI 200
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
POLI 200 EXAM REVIEW
-politics activity related to influencing, making or implementing collective decisions for a political community
-political agenda issues that are considered important and given priority in political deliberations
-free-rider problem problem with voluntary collective action that results because an individual can enjoy the
benefits of group action without contributing
-individualist perspective views humans as acting primarily selfishly
•cannot expect everyone to work towards one common good
-pluralist system large number of groups representing a wide variety of interests are able to influence the
decisions of government which tries to satisfy as many groups as possible and no group has dominant influence
on government
•not necessarily reflecting common good
-ways to study politics
•empirical analysis using observation to develop generalizations
•normative analysis examining ideas about how government ought to work
POWER
-power ability to achieve an objective by influencing the behaviour of others, particularly to get them to do what
they would not have done otherwise
-how power is exerted
•coercion
•inducements
•persuasion
•leadership
-3 faces of power
•ability to affect decisions
•ability to ensure issues are not raised
•ability to affect dominant ideas of society
-authority right to exercise power
•3 types
-charismatic extraordinary leader
-traditional customs that establish rights of certain leaders to rule
-legal-rational legal procedures rather than qualities of leader
-legitimacy acceptance by members of a political community that those in positions in power have a right to
govern
-state independent, self-governing political community whose governing institutions have the capability to
make rules that are binding on the population residing within a particular territory
UNDERSTANDING POLITICS
NATIONS
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•elements
-territory
-people
-monopoly on exercise of force (means of coercion to maintain order)
-legitimacy (perceive by governed)
-sovereignty
-international recognition
-government set of institutions that make decisions and oversee their implications on behalf of a state for a
particular period of time
-governance making and implementing of decisions often with involvement of state and non-state
organizations
-sovereignty principle that states are the highest authority for their population and territory and are not subject
to external authority, able to act independently in the world
•legally equal to other states regardless of difference in power
-failed state state unable to enforce laws, maintain order, protect citizens and provide basic services
•conflicts result in no governing authority
-nation-state sovereign state based on people living in a country who share a sense of common identity as
members of a particular nation
-nation group of people who share a sense of common identity and who typically believe they should be self-
governing within their homeland
•not all have a state, multiple states based on one nation
•common ancestry, language, culture, etc.
-nationalism idea that the nation-state is the best form of political community, that a nation should have its own
self-governing state and that the interests, culture and values of the nation should be promoted
•loyalty to nation
•nationalists want autonomy and limited outside influence
•types
-ethnic
-civic
-national self-determination idea that nations should have the right to determine their political status,
including choosing to have their own sovereign state
-citizenship countries permanent residents are full members of the political community with certain duties/rights
-political ideology package of interrelated ideas/beliefs about government, society, economy and human
nature that inspire and affect political action
•each ideology provide a different perspective that is used to understand and evaluate how the world actually
works
•evaluation of status quo (keep or change?)
•most also provide a vision of what the world should be like and propose a means of political action to
achieve their objectives
-enlightenment intellectual movement that developed in the early 18th century, emphasized power of human
reason
IDEOLOGIES
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Document Summary
Politics activity related to influencing, making or implementing collective decisions for a political community. Political agenda issues that are considered important and given priority in political deliberations. Free-rider problem problem with voluntary collective action that results because an individual can enjoy the benefits of group action without contributing. Individualist perspective views humans as acting primarily selfishly: cannot expect everyone to work towards one common good. Ways to study politics: empirical analysis using observation to develop generalizations, normative analysis examining ideas about how government ought to work. Power ability to achieve an objective by influencing the behaviour of others, particularly to get them to do what they would not have done otherwise. How power is exerted: coercion, inducements, persuasion, leadership. 3 faces of power: ability to affect decisions, ability to ensure issues are not raised, ability to affect dominant ideas of society. Authority right to exercise power: 3 types. Traditional customs that establish rights of certain leaders to rule.
