POLS 2200 Lecture Notes - Totalitarianism, Che Guevara, Strategic Missile Troops

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2200
• Professor: Mark Yanisziewski

Document Summary

A way of coherently linking a descriptive element (what happened) with an analytical component (why things happen) and usually a normative or prescriptive element (how things ought to be) >how we might learn to avoid past mistakes. 3 ways to think about different theories or typologies (a way to sort/classify) 1- the conflict approach (emphasizes impact, importance of armed conflict in shaping international system, i. e. nation states), study war, diplomacy, treaties, bargaining etc. Looks at a wider variety of units, corporations are involved as well as other economic actors, not just states. Divided into right (conservative), center, and left (alternative) >table of theories and their affiliation is on courselink. These ideas can fit into more than just center, or right, or left. Positivist theories (reality is independent of the observer : exists if i"m there or not or believe in it or not)