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pluralist theory
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assumes society is composed of individuals who join groups to influence political outcomes
- assumes that all citizens can form groups, no group has permanent advantage in society |
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elite theory
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assumes that all societies are divided into only two groups- the few who rule and the many who are ruled
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class analysis
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envisions society as being divided into hierarchal strata that have unequal access to power, authority, influence
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legal-rational
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authority based in rule of law and in bureaucratic impersonal procedures of modern institutions
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instrumental representation
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- elected people represent our views
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trustee model
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- not as closely tied to constituents
- looking at bigger picture - larger sense of what is good for state as a whole |
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delegate model
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- directly respond to particular wishes of constituents
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elite based political party
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founded around traditional elites or notables
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mass based political party
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large base of dues-paying members who are active within party structure
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ethnicity based political party
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characterized by desire to work within system to benefit members of their own ethnic group
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electoralist political party
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- includes catch- all parties
- goals of electoral mobilization and success - focus on modern campaigning techniques |
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movement political party
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often manifestation of negative reaction to modern society
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legislature
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responsible for law making
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executive
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state administration, law implementation, guiding legislative function of law making
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Edmund Burke
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advocated trustee model of political representation
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Robert Owen
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utopian socialist
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Focault
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dividing practices and disciplinary power
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Hobbes
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- physical security
- "w/o authority, life would be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, short" |
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Locke
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- natural rights; life, liberty, property
- focused on economic side of things |
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Mills
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- thick conception of liberalism
- harm principle - "the good life" |
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Rawls
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- thick conception of liberalism
- believed in incentives - inequalities justified if they make everyone in society better over time |
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John Ruggie
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coined embedded liberalism
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John Keynes
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- chief British negotiator @ Bretton Woods
- state play active role in economy |
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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- distinguished between "is" and "ought" of politics
- unethical behaviour justified in politics |
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Robert Dahl
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- "power over"
- pluralist theorist - associated w/ behavioural approach |
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Weber
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- social class ranked on basis of wealth, prestige
- 3 different kinds of authority: traditional, charismatic, legal-rational |
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Marx
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- social classes grounded in economy
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