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Government and the Economy: Understanding Power and Authority

Explore the different types of political power and government systems, including representative democracy, totalitarian governments, and the influence of special interest groups. Learn about the changing global economy with deindustrialization and the rise of e-commerce.

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Government and the Economy: Understanding Power and Authority

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  1. Chapter 13 Government and the Economy

  2. What is power?

  3. 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

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

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

  6. 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

  7. 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

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

  9. The End

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