PHILPOL

• Politics refers to activities associated with governing
• Political Science

  • systematic study of political and governmental institutions
  • Theories, methods, and frameworks to analyze political phenomena
• Political ideologies are beliefs and values that individuals hold about politics and government
• Science - politics is a systematic study that follows specific methods and frameworks
• Participation - refers to the involvement of individuals in political processes
• process - politics is a series of interconnected steps or stages
• Art - politics is creatively exercised to target a specific audience
• War - politics is an unending conflict between parties or different groups
• Government is a group of authorized people that govern a community
• Governance is the act of governing, exercised by people given authority
• ANARCHISM - “government is oppressive and should be abolished”
• NAZISM - suspension of rule of law
• FASCISM - dictatorship
• CONSERVATISM - commitment to traditional values
• SOCIALISM - production, distribution, and exchange all owned by community
• COMMUNISM - public ownership; aim for classless society
• LIBERALISM - freedom/liberty & liberty
• What does power do?

  1. Gets people to do things
  2. Do what you desire
  3. Power from authority, physical force, numbers
• WHY IS INHERET POWER AN ATTRIBUTE TO SOVEREIGNTY?

  • bc these are abilities a govt naturally has to properly exercise right to sovereignty (power to rule over territory) 
• HOW IS POWER EXERCISED?

  1. DECISION MAKING - make decisions for betterment of institutions
  2. AGENDA SETTING - controls what to prioritize/what to discuss or not to discuss
  3. THOUGHT CONTROL - controls thoughts, needs, wants
• STATE 

  • A political entity with territory and government
  • Own republic and way of governance
• NATION

  • “Nasci” = born (gives word racial & ethnic meaning)
  • A group of people sharing the same culture/identity/characteristics
• Difference between nation and state?

  A nation is the people that inhabits a state
• GLOBALIZATION

  • International interchange/integration of ideas
• HOW DOES GLOBALIZATION INFLUENCE NATION-STATES?

  1. Economic interdependence
  2. Transnational Challenges
  3. Cultural homogenization and hybridization 
  4. Technological advancements