Politics

Liberal Democracy
POLITICAL COALITIONS: Coalitions happen when two or more parties join forces with other parties during periods of conflict of interest. They are formed either to resolve a conflict or to foster cooperation. The main aim of coalitions is to defeat or gain advantage over an external opponent. In this way, they exclude others from so that they can exercise power over them. Coalitions could exist at a small-scale where a ruling party’s president includes in his/her cabinet few people from and another party. It can also be an alliance for example most cabinets of European democracies are put this way (Germany, Italy, Denmark, etc).
POLITICAL POWER: All politics involve power. In politics, those who have the power rule over those who don’t. However, those who exercise such people must be accountable to those who give them the power, the people. Those who wield power may be replaced in two ways: through a peaceful and democratic process or through violence. Political power comes in three forms: influence, coercion and authority.
POLITICAL INFLUENCE: In the game of politics, the people, on their own free will and voluntarily, choose to agree or disagree. It is therefore the duty of political leadership to persuade people, to convince them to want to do what the leadership wants. People have a choice: they can agree because they believe that the action taken by political leadership is right or justified, or because they think they will reap personal benefits from it. To influence people, politicians have to appeal to people’s intellect, their passion, their self-interest, and to their solidarity.

Political leadership, in order to succeed in influencing their people, must have the knowledge and intelligence through research so as to construct convincing arguments. They must also produce effective advertising through spending money and training experts. They can appeal to wealthy people to offer inducements or offer career prospects like jobs,... [continues]

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