There has been a ubiquitous French proverb that says, “If you don 't do politics, politics will do you." This goes as far as explaining what politics can be defined as because regardless if you participate in politics or not, politics will participate in you. Even though there are arguments about whether or not politics is defined as an arena or process. I believe that politics can be defined as a process through the points of decisions and power.
To begin with, looking through the lens of defining politics as a process, “political behavior is behavior that exhibits distinctive characteristics or qualities and so can take place in any and perhaps all social contexts” (Heywood, pg. 3). In other words, this means that in a social environment, …show more content…
Power is considered to be expansive because it can be used in many forms and in that matter; therefore, it cannot be confined in specific locations such as local, state and executive governments because according to the definition of process, it can occur anywhere. One great example comes from the feminist movement that occurred around the 1960’s to the 1970’s. The most influential feature of the radical critique of conventional view of politics us that if emphasizes that politics not only take place in the public sphere but also, in the private sphere” (Heywood, pg. 11) Putting in terms that politics is about power and domination, many of the feminists declared that the domestic and family life was considered to be a “crucial political arena” (Heywood, pg. 11) because of the dominance that the man or father of the house had over the rest of the family including the wife and children. And so, in the household they had to follow their social roles in accordance to the expectations they had. Equal pay was another issue for power. Again, women really did not have power to have professions which bothered them. Kate Millet defined in Sexual Politics that politics are “power-structured relationships” (Heywood, pg. 10) because to her one group of people has control of another
To begin with, looking through the lens of defining politics as a process, “political behavior is behavior that exhibits distinctive characteristics or qualities and so can take place in any and perhaps all social contexts” (Heywood, pg. 3). In other words, this means that in a social environment, …show more content…
Power is considered to be expansive because it can be used in many forms and in that matter; therefore, it cannot be confined in specific locations such as local, state and executive governments because according to the definition of process, it can occur anywhere. One great example comes from the feminist movement that occurred around the 1960’s to the 1970’s. The most influential feature of the radical critique of conventional view of politics us that if emphasizes that politics not only take place in the public sphere but also, in the private sphere” (Heywood, pg. 11) Putting in terms that politics is about power and domination, many of the feminists declared that the domestic and family life was considered to be a “crucial political arena” (Heywood, pg. 11) because of the dominance that the man or father of the house had over the rest of the family including the wife and children. And so, in the household they had to follow their social roles in accordance to the expectations they had. Equal pay was another issue for power. Again, women really did not have power to have professions which bothered them. Kate Millet defined in Sexual Politics that politics are “power-structured relationships” (Heywood, pg. 10) because to her one group of people has control of another