1. Introduction. Politics: The process by which human communities make collective decisions.
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1. Introduction
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Politics: The process by which human communities make collective decisions
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Political science: The systematic study of politics and power
Political science studies governments in all their forms and aspects, both theoretical and practical.
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Comparative politics: A major subfield of political science
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Comparative politics focuses on power and decision making within national boundaries
International relations focuses on the interactions between national governments
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Can focus on the politics of one specific country (at the national or local level)
Can focus on comparing several places Can focus on comparing issues and
processes in one or more places through time
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To understand political issues in various countries
To generate lessons from one place to apply in another
Overall, the goal is to develop generalized understandings of political activity through the development of broad theories about how politics works
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Theory: An abstract element that provides a systematic explanation of some phenomena
Empirical theory: An argument explaining what actually occurs
Normative theory: An argument explaining what ought to occur rather than what does occur
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Single case studies: One country or community to generate theories or test existing ones
The comparative method: A comparison of states that are similar on most issues but differ on a key question
Quantitative statistical techniques: used to systematically compare a large number of cases
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What explains political behavior? Who rules? Where and why?
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Why do political actors act as they do in the political arena?
Political actor: Any person or group engaged in political behavior
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Three broad approaches focus on:• Individual motivation• Culture and ideology• Underlying structures
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Rational choice theory• Assumes that people are rational, have self-
defined interests and the knowledge and ability to pursue them
Psychological theories• Look for nonrational explanations: individuals’
psychological experiences or dispositions
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Political culture theories: Widely held values and beliefs help explain political behavior • Modernists believe clear attitudes, values, and
beliefs can be identified within a political culture
• Postmodernists see culture as sets of symbols that political actors can use
Political ideology: A systematic set of beliefs about how a political system ought to be structured
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Political behavior is influenced and limited, perhaps even determined, by socioeconomic or political structures• Marxism: Economic structures largely
determine political behavior• Rational-choice institutionalism:
Institutions are the products of the interaction and bargaining of rational actors
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Pluralist theory• Power dispersed among various political
groups in society Elite theory
• Societies ruled by elite with effective control over virtually all power e.g., Marxism, neocolonialism, patriarchy
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Particular focus and contribution of comparative politics
Comparison across multiple cases to understand why political phenomena occur in certain places and times and not in others
Useful in generating broad theories of political behavior
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Political development Regime type and change Participation and representation Policy-making processes Political economy
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Focus is on why and how did modern nations and states arise
• Nations: groups with a shared identity
• States: administrative apparatuses that control territory and monopolize the use of force
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Modernization: The transformation of poor agrarian societies into wealthy industrial societies
Some countries achieve rapid economic transformation and establish electoral democracies (e.g. South Korea)
Some poor countries are democratic (e.g. Ghana)
Some nondemocratic countries achieve great economic change (e.g. Vietnam)
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What types of regimes are there and how do they differ?• Examples: Democratic, authoritarian, semi-
authoritarian Under what conditions do regimes
change from one type to another?
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Democracy: A regime in which citizens have basic rights of open association and expression and the ability to change the government through some sort of electoral process
Authoritarian regime: A regime lacking democratic characteristics, ruled by a single leader or small group of leaders
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Why and how do people participate in the political process?
How do strong “identity politics” affect the stability of democracy?
What is the role of civil society, interest groups, and political parties?
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Civil Society: The sphere of organizes, nongovernmental, nonviolent activity by groups larger than individual families or firms
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How do different regimes decide on which policies to pursue?• What role do political institutions play?
Who is most influential in the policy-making process?
Do decisions reflect the will of the people?
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Do some types of regimes produce better economic outcomes than others
Some authoritarian systems provide strong economic growth (e.g., China) and others do not (e.g., Nigeria)
Some democracies are capable of achieving beneficial economic outcomes, while others do not