POLGOV REVIEW PART 1 (Politics to Political Attitudes)

The activity through which people make, preserve and amend the general rules under which they live?

• Politics

• Power

• Authority

• Government

What are the 2 major problems in defining politics?

What are the 2 broad areas of politics?

• Power and Authority

• Politics and Governance

• Arena and Process

• Public and Private

Where does the word "politics" derive from?

• Polar

• Polis

• Politika

• Plural

A system of social organization centred on the machinery of government?

• Polity

• Politics as public affaris

• Polis

• Politics

Describe Politics as public affaris.

What is the problem with Politics as Compormise and Consensus?

• It only takes place in the polity

• Noble Act vs. Liberalism

• No utopian solution and "designed to disappoint"

• Portrayed as oppresion and subjugation

What is Power?

It is the ability to achieve a desired outcome?

• POWER TO

• POWER OVER

Which face of power focuses on non-decisions?

• Thought-Control

• Decision-Making

• Agenda-Setting