POL 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Liberalism, Lower House, Free Party
2 May 2016
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Compartive politics=field within political science that focuses on domestic politics and analyzes patterns of similarity and difference: distinction between comparative politics and international relations. Comparative politics studies domestic political institutions, processes, policies, conflicts, attitudes in different countries. International relations studies foreign policies of and interactions among countries, role of international organizations, influence of global actors. Studies overlap; distinction important because political activity occurs within state borders. Critical juncture-looks at major stages and turning points in state"s development. British politics evolved constantly; british state formed through unification of kingdoms by conquest and treaties. Typology-classifying states according the their level of democracy; analytic construct that helps us engage in comparisons that yield useful knowledge; facilitate comparison within and between types of states. Causal theory-used for comparative analysis for countries and states; hypotheses expressed if x happens then y will be the result ; x=independent factor, y=dependent factor (inverse correlation); limits on scientific political science two differences b/w.
