Understanding Conflict and Competition

Parties in a competition are seeking the same goal, while parties in a conflict believe they have incompatible goals.

Politics is basically a process of authoritatively deciding who gets what, when, and how.

Parties in a competition are seeking the same goal, while parties in a conflict believe they have incompatible goals.

<p>Conflict can generate new social norms and institutions, and it may be directly stimulating in the economic and technologic realm.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Polity in the United States is organized at three levels - federal, state, and local - each consisting of executive, legislative, and judicial branches.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Those with political power have the ability to control or influence the allocation of resources, which affect people's life chances, through the political process.</p> Signup and view all the answers