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Political System

The document outlines the political system, defining the state as an institution with authority over people and discussing the concepts of power, force, and authority. It categorizes states into totalitarian, authoritarian, and democratic systems, highlighting their features and methods of control. Additionally, it examines the exercise of power in democratic societies through elitist and pluralist arguments, emphasizing the role of general public participation.

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Political System

The document outlines the political system, defining the state as an institution with authority over people and discussing the concepts of power, force, and authority. It categorizes states into totalitarian, authoritarian, and democratic systems, highlighting their features and methods of control. Additionally, it examines the exercise of power in democratic societies through elitist and pluralist arguments, emphasizing the role of general public participation.

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Political system

Definition-the state is the institution with the authority


to control over people
Power, Force Authority
Power-impose one’s will on others ability to mobilize the resources to achieve a
[Link] has power

Force-physical coercion to impose one’s will

Authority-legal power.3 types of authority

[Link] authority -devotion to a leader with some superior ability


ex:Mandela

[Link] authority-based on tradition & custom ex:king & queen

[Link] legal authority-based on the belief on the necessity of following the


rules,ex:code of conduct, constitution
Types of states
Features of totalitarian states-ex: Germany, Italy, Russia

[Link] party system-Germany during Hitler

[Link] scale ideology-communism, fascism

[Link]-if anyone is against ideology then the party use the terror

[Link] of media-state controls the media to spread the ideology

[Link] of economy-political power is used to control economy


Types of states continue
Authoritarian states:-power is rested in the hand of dictator,ex-Ershad in
Bangladesh

[Link] leader control the nation

[Link] is used if anyone is against the leader

[Link] the media to brainwash people

[Link] economy
Types of states continue
Democratic state:[Link] the people, for the people, of the people

Representative democracy-we choose one party to run the state on our behalf for
a particular period of time.

Features

[Link]-everyone has a right to choose, vote speak

[Link] govt.-the state is run by constitution

[Link] of the governed-general people gave the consent to a party

[Link] opposition-other political parties


Exercise of power in democratic society
Elitist argument

[Link] elite

[Link] is composed of military, industrialist and bureaucracy

[Link] are diversified but support each other

[Link] of unorganized people at the bottom

5..Power concentration

[Link] manipulate the masses


Exercise of power in democratic society continue
[Link] similarities among those people. Social similarities is maintained as their
children go to same educational [Link] are inter marriage between the
group, ex-military son marry daughter of [Link] group spends their
leisure in the same club, live in the same community.

[Link] only advocate the interest of military,bureaucracy and business

Pluralist argument

[Link] dominant political elites

[Link] political interest

[Link] of power
Exercise of power in democratic society continue
[Link] shifts with issue, when army is in power, they will advocate only their
interest they will not advocate the interest of navy or air force

[Link] strongly realize that they need the support of general people to stay in
power, so they don't manipulate

[Link] one particular group is given preferences

[Link] among these people


General people participation in democratic nation
[Link]

[Link] the political party

[Link]-A person can persuade his/her MP to put pressure on the govt. on


particular [Link] is indirect action

[Link] group-A group is formed to put pressure directly on the [Link] is a


direct action ex:environmentalist group
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