Polis as an organized citizen community leads to politika as public affairs.
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Power concerns governing; partisan struggles concern access to power.
1. What did the polis represent in ancient Greece?
2. What did the term politika refer to in ancient Greece?
3. What do the exercise of power and partisan struggles together involve?
What was the polis in ancient Greece?
A city-state of free citizens organized by laws and cults.
What did Politika refer to in ancient Greece?
The public affairs of the Greek polis.
What constitutes a battle for access to power including elections?
The exercise of power and partisan struggles.
Which institutions illustrate sites where political power is exercised?
The British Parliament and the Chinese assembly.
What does political freedom allow in the public sphere?
It allows organizing collective life.
What do distributive issues concern in society?
How resources are allocated through public sphere decisions.
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