Government and the Economy Chapter 13 Government and the Economy

What is power?

Political Power – Types of Government What is authority? Max Weber: Traditional Authority Legal Rational Authority Charismatic Authority Political Power – Types of Government 1. Representative Democracy Constitutional Monarchy Parliamentary System Democratic Republic – Presidential

Political Behavior in USA Political Parties 2. Totalitarian Governments – Authoritarian Political Power in USA Political Behavior in USA Political Parties Electoral participation - apathy

Interest Group Lobbying Special Interest Groups Public Interest Groups Political Action Committees The Mass Media

Political Power The Pluralist Perspective – Riesman: Political Power dispersed and distributed Veto Groups or Interest Groups The Power Elite Perspective – C. Wright Mills Power in the hands of the power elite: Economic elite Military Executive Branch Power sharing is triumvirate

The Instrumentalist Perspective – Domhoff Government, the instrument of the upper class Pluralism Below: The Structuralist Perspective: Political power and government officials cater to the demands of capitalist corporate economy

The Changing Economy Global Economy– M.N.C.s 2 Developments 1. Deindustrialization: E-Commerce 2. Downsizing—Contingency Workforce

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