Mechanism of Politics

by Lee, Chang Hoo

Contents

Preface
Acknowledgement

Chapter 0. Contents of This Book

°¡. 3¡¤1 Law System and its Contents
(1) Political Phenomenon's Scope and Explanation Method
(2) Scientific Approach
³ª . Detailed Content of Political Phenomenology
(1) Optimization of Theory
(2) Facts about Ideology versus Ideology as Value
(3) Mathematical Model

Chapter 1. Basic Principles of Political Phenomena

°¡. General Principles of Political Phenomena
(1) The 0th Principle: Survival Process Theory
(2) Three implications of the Survival Process Theory
a. Three aspects of survival directivity
b. Three Threats to Survival and Samjae Capacities
(3) Basic Theory of Mathematical Politics
a. Change of Survival Capacity and Political Profit
b. Political Choice and Action
c. Desire Quantity and Will to Struggle

³ª. Naturality of Survival Condition
(1) The 1st law of naturality : Law of Inertia
(2) The 2nd law of naturality: Law of Force
(3) The 3rd law of naturality: Law of Repulsion

Chapter 2. Theoretical Foundation of Political Phenomena

A. Theory of Politics as a Continuation of war
(1) Politics and War
a. Politics is continuation of war of war
b. Meaning of the War Continuation Theory 91
c. Two Implications of the War Continuation Theory 95
(2) Political Organization and Power 101
a. Overcoming Threats and Political Organizations 101
b. Political Organization as War Organization 109
c. War, Organization, Power 114
(3) Power Phenomenon and Political Activity 115
a. Power 115
b. Modes of Power 120
c. Mathematical Model of Size of Power and Cohesion Force

B. Devision of Politics and War 130
(1) The Emergence of Non-violent Politics 130
a. Characteristics of Political Activity 133
b. Factional Strife 136
(2) Increase in Total Profits through Politics 141
a. Two Aspects of Canonical Politics 141
b. Two Types of Political Regime (R) 143
¨± Human Relations Regime and Legal Regime 145
¨² Characteristics of Political Regimes by Rule System Type 146
¨³ The Interaction of the Two Types of Political Regimes 149
(3) Pursuit of Sustainability in Survival

C. Analysis of Three Stages of Survival Conditions 156
(1) Three-Level Scale of Political Phenomena 158
a. Criteria for Micro, Middle, and Macro-Level Scales 159
b. Interaction of Situations According to Scale 161
(2) Orderliness of Choice 165
a. The Triplicity of Choice Situation 166
b. Contents of the Order of Choice 169
(3) Level Multiplicity of Scale & Layer 173
a. Multi-layer Structure of Social Phenomena 173
b. Utilization of Level Multiplicity 179

Chapter 3. Three Laws of Political Phenomenon

A. The 1st Law: Law of Samjae Capacity 184
(1) Intuitive Explanation through Tables and Diagrams 184
a. Basic Concept 184
¨± Detailed Contents of the 1st Law 185
¨² Schematic Understanding of the 1st Law 190
b. Formulation of the 1st Law 193
(2) Explanation and Examples of the 1st Law 195
a. Interdependence of Power Relations and Rule Systems 195
¨± Interdependence of Power Relations 195
¨² Power and Rule System 197
b. What is Samjae Capacity? 198
¨± Armed Capacity 199
¨² Economic Capacity 203
¨³ Ideological Capacity 207
c. Characteristics and Interaction of Samjae Capacities 216
¨± Basicity of Samjae Capacities 216
¨² Interaction Structure of Samjae Capacities 222
¨³ Interactions between Samjae Capacities 233
¨´ Those with armed force Obtain Power 241
(3) Mathematical Model of the 1st Law 246
a. Mathematical Model of Political Capacity 247
b. Interrelationship of Political Capacity Elements 248
c. Mathematical Model and Implications of the 1st Law 257
B. The 2nd Law: Law of Organizational Equilibrium 260
(1) Intuitive Explanation through Diagrams 260
a. Basic concept 261
¨± Details of the 2nd Law 263
¨² Schematic Understanding of the 2nd Law 266
b. Formalization of the 2nd Law 268
(2) Interpretation and Examples of the 2nd Law 270
a. Explanation of Key Concepts of the 2nd Law 271
¨± Crisis and Security Force 271
¨² Invasion Threat 273
¨³ Ideology Diversity 274
¨´ Cohesion Force 277
¨µ Armament Level 278
b. Explanation of the Meaning of the 2nd Law 279
¨± Phenomena Implied by the 2nd Law 279
¨² Important Aspects of the 2nd Law 283
(3) Mathematical Model of the 2nd Law 286
a. Mathematical Model of Internal Cohesion 286
b. Interrelationships of Variables of Cohesion Force 288
c. Mathematical Model and Implications of the 2nd Law 291
C. The 3rd Law: The Law of Political Change 296
(1) Intuitive Explanation Through Diagrams 296
a. Basic Concept 296
¨± Detailed Content of the 3rd Law 298
¨² Schematic Understanding of the 3rd Law 301
b. Formulation of the 3rd Law 305
(2) Interpretation and Examples of the 3rd Law 307
a. Explanation of Key Concepts of the 3rd Law 308
¨± Regime Change(Political Change) 308
¨² Regime Change Force 312
¨³ Profit Equilibrium Condition and Profit Equilibrium Flow 314
¨´ Regime Change Cost 316
¨µ Repression Force 319
b. Explanation of the Meaning of the 3rd Law 321
¨± Phenomena Implied by the 3rd Law 321
¨² Important Aspects of the 3rd Law 324
(3) Mathematical Model of the 3rd Law 326
a. Mathematical Model of Political Regime Change 326
b. Interrelationships of Factors in Regime Change 328
c. Mathematical Model and Implications of the 3rd Law 332
¨± Coercive Regime Overthrow 334
¨² Political Regime Collapse 335
¨³ Compromised Political Change 335
D. Iteration and Combination of the 1?2?3 Law 336
(1) Expansion and Iterated Application of the 1st Law 336
a. Samjae Capacities and Multi-Layer Structure 336
b. Canonical Process of Political Development 343
¨± Interaction between Political Capacity and Situation 343
¨² Canonical Process of Political Development 345
¨³ Realm of Canonical Politics 349
(2) Combination of the 2nd and 1st Laws 351
a. When the 2nd Law Operates in A Single Layer 352
b. Concentration of Power and its Cause 355
¨± Efficiency of Cooperative Relationships 356
¨² Cognitive Scope Limit 359
¨³ Differences in Individual Abilities and Tendencies 360
¨´ Operation of the 2nd Law 361
c. The Rich-get-richer, Poor-get-poorer of Power 361
(3) Combination of the 3rd Law and the 1st Law 363
a. When the 3rd Law Operates in Every Layer 364
b. Available Political Capacity 367
c. Orderliness of Power and Canonical Political Change 370
(4) Combination of the 2nd and the 3rd Law 374
(5) Mathematical Model of the 3¡¤1 Law System 376

Chapter 4. Phenomena of Nation and Power

A. Creation & Extinction of Political Organizations 380
(1) Conditions for the Birth & Death of P. Organizations 380
a. Vacuum Condition(Anarchy) 382
b. Cohesion Condition 383
c. The 1st Law and Types of Cohesion Conditions 385
(2) The Operation of Laws in Political Phenomena 389
a. The 1st Law: Compound Political Capacity 389
b. The 2nd Law: Organizations through Competition 392
c. 3rd Law: Anarchy and Organizations 396
(3) Acquisition and Loss of Power 402
a. Understanding the Process of Power Acquisition 402
b. The Process of Regime Maintenance and Expansion 406
c. Loss of Political Power 409
B. War and International Politics 411
(1) International Politics Phenomenon 411
a. Anarchy and International Politics 411
¨± Generality of International Politics 411
¨² The Uniqueness of International Politics 414
b. Basic Laws of International Political Phenomena 415
¨± A World Government? 415
¨² Survival of the Fittest 417
c. Actions in International Politics 419
¨± Strengthening Security Forces 419
¨² Balance of Power 422
¨³ Behaviors of Canonical Politics in I.P. 424
(2) The Political Science of War 425
a. Political Understanding of War 425
b. Political Characteristics of War 429
¨± Outbreak of War 429
¨² War as a Continuation of Politics 431
c. Preventing War 434
C. Political Change 436
(1) Basic Understanding of Political Change 436
a. Concept and Essence of Political Change 436
b. Basic Laws of Political Change 440
c. Significant Features of Political Change 445
(2) Types and Phenomena of Political Change 448
a. Types and Modes of Political Change 448
¨± War, Conquest, Civil War and Coup d'etat 451
¨² Revolution 452
¨³ Reformation 454
¨´ Transfer of Power 456
b. Causes of Political Change 456
¨± Loss of Public armed force 457
¨² Expansion of Economic Poverty 459
¨³ Clash of Diverse Values 461
(3) Success and Failure of Political Change 461
a. Alternative Political Actors 461
b. Blocking Micro-level Political Change 463
D. Political Regime 464
(1) Structure and Development of Political Organizations 464
a. Establishment of a Stable Political Regime 464
b. Inner Circle and Bureaucratic Organization 466
¨± Task Delegates of the Ruler: Inner Circle 467
¨² Bureaucratic Organization 470
c. Law and Institutions 473
¨± political Advantages of Laws and Institutions 473
¨² Mechanism of Establishing Laws and Institutions 475
d. Gradual Development of Armed Capacity 478
(2) Statics of Political Regime 482
a. The Politics of Law and Institutions 482
¨± The Difficulty of Building a Political System 482
¨² Why Social Problems Cannot Be Solved Quickly 484
b. The Political Science of Bureaucratic Organizations 486
¨± Political function of bureaucratic organization 486
¨² Military Bureaucracy 488
c. Political Regime and Class Differentiation 490
¨± Concentration and Distribution of Power 490
¨² Multi-layered Interaction of Class Differentiation 492
¨³ Effects of Inequality Relationships 496
(3) Political Repression and Class Differentiation 498
a. Political Coercion and Repression 498
b. Wealth Gap 502
E. Political Process 503
(1) The Essence of Canonical Political Process 503
a. Repetitive Structure of Political Change 503
b. Canonical Political Actor 506
¨± State and Political Parties 509
¨² Politics and Figures 511
(2) Canonical Political Activity 512
a. What is Canonical Politics? 512
¨± Power Struggle and Group Strife 513
¨² Political Debate as a Power Struggle 515
¨³ Governance as a Political Action 518
b. Governance Techniques and the 3¡¤1 Rule System 523
¨± The Governing Technique of the 1st Law 524
¨² The Governing Technique of the 2nd Law 529
¨³ The Governing Technique of the 3rd Law 533
(3) Governance and Policy 535
a. Policy Success and Power Expansion 535
¨± 3 Stages of Policy Effectiveness 537
¨² Orderliness of Policy Tasks 540
b. Political Choices and Effects 541
¨± Multi-layer Structure of Political Phenomena 541
¨² Entering the Upper Layer 545
¨³ Entering the Lower Layer 546
(4) Governance Patterns and Explanatory Models 548
a. A Model for Policy Tasks of Governance 548
b. Canonical Process of Changes in Governance Style 551
c. Non-canonical Process of Governing Style Change 555
d. Generalization of Governing Style Changes 557
F. Changes in Political Capacity 558
(1) Changes in Armed Capacity 558
a. Creation of Armed Capacity 558
b. Expansion and Development of Armed Capacity 559
c. Weakening and Extinction of Armed Capacity 561
(2) Political Understanding of Economy 562
a. Economic Perspective in Politics 564
¨± 3 Modes of Economic Profit's Influence 565
¨² Economics and Canonical Politics 570
b. Economic Systems and Social Layers 572
¨± Subsistence economy 572
¨² Barter economy 573
¨³ Credit-based Economy 574
¨´ Primitive Economy and Advanced Economy 576
(3) Phenomenology of Political Ideology 579
a. Social Structure of Value Systems 582
¨± fundamental beliefs 584
¨² Theoretical System 586
¨³ Cultural Activities 587
b. Utilization and Effects of Ideological Capacity 589
¨± Political Utilization of Value Systems 589
¨² Interaction Methods of Ideological Capacity 593
¨³ Three Characteristics of Ideological Action 594
c. Phenomenological Evaluation 596

Chapter 5. Theoretical Discussions

A. The Flow of Political Science and This Book 601
B. The Problem of Practicality in Political Science Theory 604
(1) Empirical Science by Philosophical Speculation 605
(2) Blind Conceptual Distinctions 606
(3) Pseudo-scholarly Discussions 608
C. Factors of Confusion in Politics 609
(1) Confusion between Facts and Values 609
(2) Self-Imposed Constraints of Theory and Social Science 612
D. Problems with Economic Primacy 614
(1) Comparison of Alvin Toffler and the 3¡¤1 System 619
(2) Comparison of Maslow and Orderliness of Choice 623

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