Theme 2:

1. Theme 2: • Political power.

2. PLAN 1. Political power. Division of Power. 2. Political Science Perspectives.

3. Political power • Political power (imperium in Latin) is a type of power held by a person or group in a society.

4. Power is the capacity to restructure actual situations. Influenceis the capacity to control and modify the perceptions of others.

5. Charles de Montesquieu claimed that without following a principle of containing and balancing legislative, executive and judiciary powers, there is no freedom and no protection against abuse of power. This is the separation of powers principle.

6. Division of Power • Legislative • executive • judiciary

7. Democracy • Democracy (literally "rule by the people", from the Greek δημοκρατία-demokratia demos, "people," and kratos, "rule") is a form of government.

8. Types of democracy • Direct • Representative • Liberal

9. Direct • Direct democracy is a political system where the citizens vote on all major policy decisions.

10. It is called direct because, in the classical forms, there are no intermediaries or representatives.

11. All direct democracies to date have been relatively small communities, usually city-states.

12. Representative • Representative democracy is so named because the people select representatives to a governing body.

13. Liberal democracy • Liberal democracy is a representative democracy (with free and fair elections) along with the protection of minorities, • the rule of law, • a separation of powers, • protection of liberties (thus the name liberal) of speech, assembly, religion, and property

14. Democratic state • A demos • A territory • A decision-making procedure