politics Definitions Politics as authoritative decisionmaking The making

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politics Definitions

politics Definitions

Politics as authoritative decisionmaking • The making of decisions by public means (Deutsch) •

Politics as authoritative decisionmaking • The making of decisions by public means (Deutsch) • The authoritative allocation of scare resources and values (Easton) • Making and enforcing decisions that are binding on the whole community (textbook) • Selectively using force to maintain order and stability (textbook)

Politics as conflict, compromise and dialogue • Human conflict or disagreements and the resolution

Politics as conflict, compromise and dialogue • Human conflict or disagreements and the resolution of that conflict (Ball) • The process by which conflicts in society are resolved, in which support is mobilized for collective projects (textbook) • Public dialogue and contestation over the ordering of social affairs (Crick)

Power and its distribution • Politics is about who gets what, when and how

Power and its distribution • Politics is about who gets what, when and how (Lasswell) • The arrangements for ordering our social affairs and the degree of control different individuals and groups have over this (Ponton and Gill) • The activity by which interests are conciliated by giving them a share in power in proportion to their importance to the welfare of the whole community (Crick)

What gets defined as political? • Politics is restricted to public activity • Politics

What gets defined as political? • Politics is restricted to public activity • Politics occurs at all levels and in all human relationships • Politics only concerns the making of public decisions and the consequences or effects of those decisions • Politics concerns everything that contributes to the containment of differences or conflict in the interests of the stronger elements in society

What are the methods of political conflict and its resolution? • What are the

What are the methods of political conflict and its resolution? • What are the means by which public choices can be sanctioned and values authoritatively allocated? • Fights (violence): When political? Justifiable? • Games (numbers): What kind? By what means? What majority? • Debates (words): In what arena? Over what issues?

Sites for political conflict and its resolution • • • Elections legislatures Governments and

Sites for political conflict and its resolution • • • Elections legislatures Governments and their bureaucracies Courts Media? Private sites?

Political resources • • Money Numbers Organization Status Ideas Knowledge and expertise Threat, violence

Political resources • • Money Numbers Organization Status Ideas Knowledge and expertise Threat, violence and coercion?

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