Political institutions and inequality Lecture 6 ISS 215 1 OUTLINE A WHAT ARE POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS B COMPONENTS C EMERGENCE OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS D FUNCTIONS OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS E THEORETICAL DISCUSSION 2 POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS A POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AN INTERRELATED NETWORK OR SYSTEM OF BELIEFS ACTIVITIES ORGANIZATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS THAT DIRECTS AND REGULATES THE COLLECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF A SOCIETY OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS 3 EMERGENCE B EMERGENCE OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS 1 POPULATION GROWTH 2 URBANIZATION 3 CULTURAL HETEROGENEITY 4 INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE 5 INDUSTRIAL DIVISION OF LABOR 6 DIVERSITY ANONYMITY INDIVIDUALISM 4 COMPONENTS AND FUNCTIONS C COMPONENTS 1 STATE 2 GOVERNMENT 3 POLITICAL PARTIES D FUNCTIONS 1 EXTERNAL PROTECTION 2 INTERNAL ORDER 3 PROTECTION AGAINST NATURAL DISASTERS 5 4 5 6 7 ECONOMIC SUPPORT BENEFIT ALLOCATION PUBLIC SERVICES LEGITMACY PROMOTION 6 THEORETICAL DISCUSSION E THEORETICAL DISCUSSION 1 SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY A THOMAS HOBBES 1588 1679 B JOHN LOCKE 1632 1740 C JEAN ROUSSEAU 1712 1778 7 THEORETICAL DISCUSSION CONT 2 ELITE THEORY A SOCIAL POWER IN ALL SOCIETIES IS IN THE FEW HANDS KNOWN AS ELITES B ELITES CONTROL THE MAJOR RESOURCES C ELITES ALWAYS ENDEAVOR TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THEIR POWER D THEY USE MEANS TO RULE THE SOCIETY E THEY ARE USUALLY INVISIBLE IN LARGE SOCIETIES AND COMPLEX 8 GOVERNMENTS THEORETICAL DISCUSSION CONT 3 THE PLURALIST MODEL THE PLURALIST MODEL SUGGESTS THAT INTEREST GROUPS AND LOBBYISTS WHO DO NOT REPRESENT ANY POLITICAL PARTY PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN DECISION MAKING PROCESS AT LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL 9 THEORETICAL DISCUSSION CONT 4 MACHIAVELLI 1469 1527 A MERCY FAITH INTEGRITY HUMANITY AND RELIGION SHOULD BE USED AS TOOLS B USE OF FORCE AND CRUELTY TO MAINTAIN ORDER C AVOID NEUTRALITY D VICIOUSNESS GREED CRUELTY AND LUST E CUNNING LIKE A FOX AND FORCEFUL LIKE A LION F USE OF THREAT OF ATTACK BY OUTSIDER TO RULE 1
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