POS100: What is Politics? by Andrew Heywood (A+ GUARANTEED)

Politics correct answers The activity through which people make, preserve, and amend the general rules under which they live. - inextricably linked with conflict and cooperation Conflict correct answers Competition between opposing forces, reflecting a diversity of opinions, preferences, needs, or interests Cooperation correct answers Working together; achieving goals through collective action Process of conflict resolution correct answers Heart of politics is often portrayed as a process of... - in which rival views or competing interests are reconciled with one another The inescapable presence of _________ and ________ ensures that politics is an inevitable feature of the human condition correct answers diversity and scarcity Two main problems in clarifying the meaning of 'politics' correct answers 1) 'loaded' term; 'dirty' word - mass of associations that the word has when used in everyday language 2) even respected authorities cannot agree what the subject is about Two broad approaches to defining politics correct answers 1) arena or location 2) process or mechanism Arena or location correct answers Approach to politics where behavior becomes 'political' because of where it takes place Politics as art of government Politics as public affairs