* Referent power – generally known as personal power or charisma and comes from the high regard the individual is held by others should this falter or wane then this form of power vanishes, but is often employed in conjunction with other sources. Other sources of power include knowledge and personal contacts and alliances. Power is not the same as leadership, nor is it the same as authority. Conducting an appraisal is fraught with dangers for both the appraiser and appraise. Key amongst these is a failure to recognise
Handing over the responsibility of making and amending laws to politically inept i.e. the general public is generally not advised. It is misguided to assume that all people are rational enough to choose the decision that is best for them. Most people tend to vote on issues based on their emotional response to them, charismatic campaigns and the opinion of the masses. The results of the referendum will therefore not be based on individual opinion and defeats the whole point of having
This can slow down the political process immensely, and as the government has a mandate to put through such legislation, pressure groups become undemocratic and start to undermine the democratic process. One last reason why pressure groups undermine democracy is the fact that they themselves may be undemocratic, and the leaders of these groups may not truly represent the views of their leaders. This undermines the whole point of pressure groups groups and thus can be seen as the 'politics of self-interest' and can present the public with overbiased and false information. Overall however, pressure groups are more likely to help the democratic process rather than hinder it, as they advance and improve political participation, and as participation is a vital part of democracy, pressure groups are an important part of the UK's democracy. While pressure groups may have unbalanced influence due to varying methods and funds, they are generally good at being a channel of representation between the people and the government, keeping the government in touch with the people.
Some say a dictatorship is better because the people don’t know what is and isn’t good for them. Others might claim that a democracy isn’t necessarily the better option because there could be a lot hidden between the lines that people vote for without a second through. Both can be abused, and both can be
When different parties have different understandings of their dispute effective negotiation may be very difficult to achieve. Royal Furgeson could not have separated the people from the problem as the problems relates directly to the people. So keeping the people out of the controversy would not have yielded anything. In addition the Bishop would not have let this happen. 2) Focus on interests, not positions Negotiating about interests means negotiating about things that people really want and need, not what they say they want or need.
Due to the lack of formal powers with the Governor of Texas, this power of persuasion is all the more important. Using the Governor’s personality, image and advisory staff, in today’s media frenzy world the Governor can use the power of persuasion smartly to overcome some of the shortfalls created by lack of formal power. In my opinion, the plural executive can have significant side effects, especially in today’s electrically charged partisan politics. Having a set of people who do not share a common vision and goal may be detrimental to the strategic growth of the state. On the other side, I agree with the argument that concentration of power can often lead to abuse of power.
A voter could switch from voting for the Conservatives to vote for the Labour Party at the next election because they decide according to single issues. In general the public today is not really aligned to parties anymore. I would say that party allegiance is something which is nearly vanished in Britain’s voting behavior. There are still groups which are strongly related to one or the other party but that is not as common as was in the 50s and 60s. The important things today are which party has at the moment the right promises for the single voter and which party is better in delivering policy goals.
Both corruption and abuse of force involve the intricacies of power and politics. Police may use their power to act as though they are above the law, and not required to abide by the same laws that govern the behavior of others. This, in turn, creates a slippery slope that leads to the abuse of police force, either directly or indirectly. Of course, neither of these outcomes benefits society at large; however, officers may develop an opinion that their actions, no matter how heinous, are justified if it leads to a desired outcome of enforcing the
This proves that CSOs are capable of bringing changes on different levels that help protect the vulnerable from threats and develop their rights. Pressure from domestic audience On a smaller scale, the pressure from domestic population plays a deciding factor on securitising threats as well. Governments, needing to maintain legitimacy with its people, would have to address threats faced by its people. If there are issues that threatens the human security of the people, it is likely that protests and riots will be started. If the matters continue to be disregarded, the government would then face threats on their own accountability to the people and their right to rule.
The political state of a nation which determines the liberality of the media also contributes Putting these reasons aside, the media also have times in which it does not act in public’s interest. This is due to factors such as the vested interests of various media owners as well as the lack of regulation of the media by authorities due to its self-regulating nature could result in the media to not act in the public interest. Therefore, even though in reality, the media do not always act in the interest of the public, the media do try to act in the public’s interest most of the time due to the high expectations from the public. Due to the public’s high expectations of the media, the media do act in the interest of the public all the time in terms of the accessibility to a variety of information. This is because the pervasive nature of the media thus leads to an immense power to deliver information that has the potential to influence people’s lives, which includes their thinking and beliefs.