Power and Politics
In the democratic societies, the outcomes of politics are considered to be a result of power of different classes, and forces acting in cross-cutting manner for formation of consensus, coalition, voting, and bargaining. There is direct relationship between class and politics. This can be considered from Ruling Class Model that indicates that individuals who manage affairs of the country belong to rich class, super-rich class, and multi-millionaires. These people, however, decide many important issues of the national policy such as military matters, and decision making in executive branch of government, and they just focus on serving the interest of wealthy people. Further, in this regard, power elite model is also worth considering, which points out towards the fact that rich people or people who are enjoying top positions are running government of the country. However, this is true in many countries. Examples of people at top are heads of huge business corporations, major advisors in the executive branch, the President, highest officers in military, congressmen, and senators. These people are enjoying dominating positions in the Republican as well as Democratic parties. As a matter of fact political power is restricted to top class, and it is not in the reach of ordinary people. This is to say that people belonging to upper class are deciding, governing, and setting rules. Additionally, the relationship between politics and class can be considered from the fact that only people from upper class are given opportunity for participating in politics. Class divisions are observed in the voting behavior of the country. The high-income voters are given priority in case of elections, while lower income voters have to fight in order to exercise their right; all this is because of class difference as a result of which differences in political activities are arising.
