The Political Response

Bryan Gould

Chapter Chapter 4 in Myths, Politicians and Money, 2013, pp 51-61 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract All politics in the end is a response to a fundamental characteristic of social organisation. In every society, there is an inevitable tendency for power to concentrate in a few hands. The power may be expressed in physical, economic, social, religious or hierarchical terms — but at its most fundamental it is power to make choices, the freedom to choose, even at the expense of and against the interests of others.

Keywords: Global Economy; Political Debate; Democratic Government; Progressive Politician; Democratic Politics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137358639_5

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