Introduction to Politics and Government Your answers should be written in standard essay format comprising a clear introduction, thesis statement, series of paragraphs developing your argument, and a conclusion. Your

answers should also: 1) make regular and clear references to the relevant class readings; and 2) use examples from the real political world. Also,please remember to double-space!Please select two of the following three questions and provide answers that are approximately 600 to 900 words (or 2 to 3 pages) in length. Each answer is worth 10 points for a total of 20 points. 1. "An advantage of authoritative power over coercive power is that individuals voluntarily submit to it. But why would people submit to any power that restricts their freedom of action? The answer is not easy to find; political philosophers have grappled with the question for centuries, searching for the roots of consent to authority" (Selected Readings for Political Studies 100, page 15). Imagine yourself to be a political philosopher asked to address this question. What answer would you provide? Why and under what conditions are people willing to submit themselves to authority? Be sure to address the distinction between authoritative and coercive power in your answer.2. “The worldwide transition from traditional to legal authority is the single most important political event of our times and furnishes the context within which everything else takes place" (Selected Readings for Political Studies 100, page 19).Explain what this quote means with reference to the transformative power of liberalism (as an expression of legal authority) upon Western political culture. Be sure to explain the difference between traditional and legal authority in your answer. On what grounds is legal authority seen to be superior?3. Our understanding of citizenship, that is, a person's membership in an organized political community, is being challenged by a number of forces including, as discussed in class materials, a Western culture that gives priority to individual rights over collective responsibility, the emergence of multiculturalism and the politics of identity, and the effects of globalization. With respect to each, describe in what ways these forces call into question our traditional understandings of citizenship.Are these challenges good for democracy and for our political community?