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CHAPTER ONE What is Politics
1 chapter ONEWhat is Politics ? CHAPTER OVERVIEWThis initial CHAPTER introduces and defines Politics and applies it toAmerica's government. In Lasswell's famous definition, Politics is "theprocess of who gets what, when, and how." In other words, the text'sdefinition of Politics "centers on actions among a number of peopleinvolving influence (note the opening example of the student-professorclassroom interaction).The concepts of power (the ability to influence another's behavior), elites(those who get more than others of the values society has available),legitimacy (the acceptance of something as right), and authority (alegitimate, efficient form of power) are discussed. The means by whichdemocratic Politics chooses conciliation rather than violence to maintainorder and adapt to change, as well as the fact that widespread participationthough freely-elected representatives is the cornerstone of everydemocracy, is also responsibilities of government are investigated; in particular, the needfor government as a means of controlling conflict (disputes overdistributions of a society's valued things), making rules determining whogets the valued things of society, and regulating the use of "legitimateforce.
The author concludes this section by explaining the organization of ... we are affected by someone's political choices." LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading chapter 1, the student should be able to: 1.Define "politics" and explain why it is so important in American ... and the “arenas” in which play goes on (federalism). The chapter also ...
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