POLS 212 Lecture 2: Lecture #2- How do we think about Canada (Jan 9)

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Political Studies
• Course: POLS 212
• Professor: Adrienne Davidson

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Lecture #2: how do we think about canada (jan 9) The state is a human community that successfully claims a monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory. The government refers to the set of organization that make, enforce and administer collective public decisions for a society can be authoritarian, federal and etc politics is the practice of attempting to in uence these decisions. In order to understand politics we need to understand people > the focus on the course is based on this aspect. The main question: why do you believe the things you believe? how is your perspective shaped the oil pipe divide is there something about your personality the helps shape your ideas. Hybrids rational choice institutionalism socialization theory social psychology. Preference formation and preference change how do people form preferences? memory based models ex: cost, taste and e ciency of tims vs. starbucks online models.