PSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Totalitarianism, Falsifiability, Authoritarianism
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Set of activities to maintain order through creation & enforcement of rules. Have to secure a society before you can talk about policies. Cooperation: set of activities that organize individuals, resolves disputes, & maintains order in society through policies. **max weber**: most important economist/sociologist of all time. Democracy: greek demos + cracy =rule of the people. Theocracy: theos + cracy : rule of god. Authoritarianism: regime characterized by obedience to authority as opposed to personal liberty; dictatorial. Totalitarianism: of or pertaining to a system of government which tolerates only 1 political party, to which all other institutions are subordinated, and which usually demands the complete subservience of the individual to the state. Nations: large, self-aware segment of society united by shared cultural features & the belief in the right of political control over a particular territory. Comparative politics as science: asking why someone does actions, votes, etc. Variable: something that can take different values.
