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Question Prompt: After watching the Democracy and Citizenship videos and considering the most important power relationships in your life, please share one that you think might be of interest to others in the class. What is the power relationship? Is it one where others have power over you, you have power over others or you interacting with people with equal power? Why does the relationship exist? How much say do you have in starting or stopping it?


Video 1: https://mediaspace.minnstate.edu/media/1_ubk4c3cf

Video 2: https://mediaspace.minnstate.edu/media/1_mx0kfy7b

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Political Science 321: “Democracy and Citizenship” Part I Dr. Kevin Parsneau Morris Hall 204 B Kevin.parsneau@mnsu.edu Political Science 321: “Democracy and Citizenship” Going beyond Harold Laswell’s “Who Gets What, When and How” to examine citizens’ relationship with political power, including how power is used by those with formal or informal power and the extent to which citizens have power and might exercise it. Political Science 321: “Democracy and Citizenship” • • • • • Democracy, citizenship and political power Citizens’ relationship with power What types of power are there? Do democratic citizens have power? How might they might exercise it? Political Science 321: “Democracy and Citizenship” • • • • Introduction Important definitions Syllabus Citizens and Power Exercise Important Terms • Democracy • Citizen • Power – Manifest Power – Implicit Power Democracy • Democracy: a state in which qualified citizens vote in regular intervals to choose among alternative candidates for the people who will be in charge of setting the state’s policies. Democracy • “Government of the People” – (legitimation claim) • Democratic Norms: – Adult citizenship rights and equality – Competing parties and candidates – Freedom of expression – Freedom of association • Power relationship between citizens in whose name the state uses power Madison: republic or democracy • Madison’s definitions – Republic – Democracy • Not a shared definition among the Framers of the Constitution or other thinkers • Republican/ Democrat/ republican/ democrat Madison: republic or democracy • Madison’s definitions – Republic – Democracy • Not a shared definition among the Framers of the Constitution or other thinkers • Republican/ Democrat/ republican/ democrat Madison: republic or democracy • Madison’s definitions – Republic – Democracy • Not a shared definition among the Framers of the Constitution or other thinkers • Republican/ Democrat/ republican/ democrat Citizenship • Citizen: a person owing loyalty and adherence to laws of a state or nation and entitled by birth or naturalization to the protection of a state or nation. Citizenship • Mutual obligation between the individual and the community – Greek and Roman concept of free men – Classical Liberals (Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau) – Modern Europe and America (originally propertied white males) – Expanded: remove property requirement, former slaves, women, minorities, 18-year olds • A resident of a city, state or nation, especially one entitled to vote and enjoy other privileges there Classical Liberal: Minimalist Citizenship Thomas Hobbes (Leviathan 1651) • Life without a powerful state is “nasty, brutish and short.” • There is a “social contract” between rulers and citizens where rulers protect citizens from outsiders, uphold laws and keep order, and citizens obey. Classical Liberal: Minimalist Citizenship Thomas Hobbes (Leviathan 1651) • Life without a powerful state is “nasty, brutish and short.” • There is a “social contract” between rulers and citizens where rulers protect citizens from outsiders, uphold laws and keep order, and citizens obey. Other Classical Liberals Locke (Second Treatise on Civil Government 1689) • Primacy of private interests • Public interest emerges from competition among private Rousseau (The Social Contract 1762) • Citizens identify their will with the public interest. Modern Democracy • Emerges as legitimation mechanism • Propertied white males • Language and religious connections • Uncomfortable balancing acts between private and public interests Citizenship • Inclusion: Propertied white males with a European (English) and Protestant background. Citizenship • Exclusion: Children, homeless, criminals, undocumented immigrants, undocumented workers Citizenship Indian Citizenship Act (June 2, 1924): Native Americans citizenship enacted, although some Native Americans still could not vote because the right to vote was governed by state law. (President Coolidge with four Osage Indians) Political Power • Power: (simple definition) the capacity to affect the behavior of others through real or threatened use of rewards and/ or punishment (physical and psychological). – Unequally distributed (based upon valued physical and psychic resources) – A relationship between people (interpersonal and institutional) Manifest and Implicit Power • Manifest Power: Power based on an observable action by A that causes B to do what A wants. • Implicit Power: Power in which B does what A desires not because of anything A says or does but because 1) B senses that A wants something done and 2) for any of a variety of reasons B wishes to do what A wants done. Citizenship as Power Relationships Thoughts on power relationships • Straightforward – Money, force, political office, numbers, votes • Subtle – Invisible, threat, reward, anticipation • Controversial/ Subconscious – Internalized habits, social values Class Discussions Given the nature of the course topics, I encourage questions and discussion, but require courtesy. Be civil and respectful to your classmates and recognize that often people must agree to disagree. Sometimes, I may have to end a discussion for the sake of time. If you have concerns about in-class discussions, please bring them to me after class or during my office hours. Citizens and Power Exercise • What are the most important power relationships in your life? – Others with power over you – You with power over others – You interacting with people with equal power – Why does the relationship exist? – How much say do you have in starting or stopping it? – Write the best ones down for next class meeting
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Power, in both social and political perspectives, refers to the ability of a person to affect
others' conduct, beliefs, and actions, both psychologically or physically, as well as influence the

results of events (Dr. Kevin Parsneau, 2020). Power relationships refer to the extent to which the
two parties have power over each other. After watching the Democracy and Citizenship videos
and considering ...


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