That decision was made because of political connections. When his lips are moving. Politicians rank just above lawyers as the butt of jokes and the list of professions least admired. First, we must decide on some type of definition of what politics means, then we can ask how politics works in society, and why our country has the particular political institutions and the political culture that it does. This course begins with the assumption that politics is an important and unavoidable part of life in human society.
Every social group has a type of politics, and every society has a political system.
Pretending that it isn't there, or thinking it isn't important won't make it go away. Politics can be positive or negative, a force for oppression or liberation. This semester we will ask under what conditions politics acts in each of these ways. Each theme will be the general idea behind a series of readings and lectures, with the specific examples varying in each case. Domhoff, G. William.