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    This document provides an overview of basic concepts in political science, including politics, government, power, authority, legitimacy, and the state. Politics involves groups making common decisions through the exercise of power and influence. Government directs society through institutions and rulemaking. Power is the ability to influence others and can range from influence to coercion. Authority and legitimacy allow governments to rule without force by having the accepted right to govern. The state is defined as a community of people occupying a territory with an organized government and sovereignty.

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    This document provides an overview of basic concepts in political science, including politics, government, power, authority, legitimacy, and the state. Politics involves groups making common decisions through the exercise of power and influence. Government directs society through institutions and rulemaking. Power is the ability to influence others and can range from influence to coercion. Authority and legitimacy allow governments to rule without force by having the accepted right to govern. The state is defined as a community of people occupying a territory with an organized government and sovereignty.

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    This document provides an overview of basic concepts in political science, including politics, government, power, authority, legitimacy, and the state. Politics involves groups making common decisions through the exercise of power and influence. Government directs society through institutions and rulemaking. Power is the ability to influence others and can range from influence to coercion. Authority and legitimacy allow governments to rule without force by having the accepted right to govern. The state is defined as a community of people occupying a territory with an organized government and sovereignty.

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    The key takeaways are that politics involves making common decisions for a group of people, with some individuals exercising power over others to make those decisions. Government refers to the institutions that make and enforce rules to enable society to function.

    The different types of power discussed are influence, coercion, and the power continuum, with influence being the mildest and coercion being the strongest.

    The three sources of authority mentioned are traditional authority, charismatic authority, and rational-legal or bureaucratic authority.

    Basic Concepts in

    Political Science
    Politics
    • It involves making common decision fro a
    group of people

    • Some individuals in the group exercise power


    (ranging from influence to coercion) among
    other members in order to make those decisions
    Government
    • Came from the Latin word gubernculum, which
    means “rudder” and gubernare, which means
    “to steer, direct, or control”

    • “that institution or aggregate of institutions by


    which an independent society makes and carries
    out those rules of action which are necessary to
    enable them to live in a social state”
    Power
    • From the Latin word potere, which means
    “to be able”
    • Ability to cause others to do what one
    desires , using means ranging from
    influence to coercion to coercion
    Power Continuum

    INFLUENC COERCION
    E
    In the power of continuum, the mildest exercise
    is seen in influence, while the strongest takes the
    form of coercion
    INFLUENCE
    • The ability of one person or group to make
    others accept objectives or behaviour in a
    manner demonstrated or determined by
    that one person or group.
    • Mild use of power beacause it does not
    employ force or coercion and is free of
    threats and physical restraints.
    COERCION
    • Compliance is achieve through punishments
    and threats
    • While its true that the governments control
    the coercive agents in society, such as the
    armed forces, police, prisons, and courts,
    there are still some states that resort to
    coercion in order to implement policies that
    people may accept through persuasion
    Authority and Legitimacy
    • Authority- enables the government to make
    decisions for their citizens without
    resorting to coercion or the use of force
    • Legitimacy- a general belief that the state’s
    power ito make rules are just and proper
    SOURCES OF AUTHORUTY
    • Traditional Authority
    • Charismatic Authority
    • Rational-legal or Bureaucratic Authority
    THE STATE
    MEANING AND NATURE OF THE STATE
    THE STATE
    • Community of persons more or less
    numerous, permanently occupying a
    definite portion of territory , independent of
    external control, and possessing an
    organized government to which a greater
    body of inhabitants render habitual
    obedience
    FOUR ELEMENTS OF THE
    STATE
    PEOPLE- pertains to the persons living within the
    confines of the state.
    TERRITORY- refers to the permanent physical
    location where the people in a state live.
    GOVERNMENT- the agency through which the
    will of the people is made known and carried out
    SOVEREIGNTY-refers to the supreme power of
    command in a state
    NATION
    Union of a society of inhabitants of the same
    country, speaking the same language,
    governed by the same laws, connected by
    identity of origin, physical characteristics,
    and moral dispositions by community of
    interest and sentiments and by a fusion of
    existence acquired by the lapse of centuries
    STATE
    VS

    NATION
    NATION AS DISTINGUISHED FROM STATE

    • The state is a legal political concept, while nation


    is a racial or ethnical concept
    • A state may be made up of one or more nations
    • A state presupposes a government and definite
    territory, while these are not to the necessary to
    the existence of nation
    50 states of USA

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