Political Science 1020E Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Square Enix Europe, Capitalism, Democracy

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 1020E
• Professor: Charles Jones

Document Summary

Evolution of bureaucracy: patrimonial administration, (a) personal agents of monarch, (b) rooted in royal household, bureaucratic administration why, (a) more demanding and dangerous warfare, (b) more complex economy and society, (c) democratic pressures. Evolution of bureaucracy: 20th century massive growth in, late 20th/early 21st centuries new public management, (a) areas of state activity, (b) administrative capacity, (a) contracting out, (b) quangos, (c) performance incentives. Theories of decision-making: rational actor models: a helpful simplification? (human beings rank are muddling through life. They try to figure out what is possible in the immediate circumstances instead of ranking preferences. : bureaucratic organization models: preferences of what they want and they try to maximize their top ranked preferences) Lecture plan: explore the origins and terms of the non-proliferation treaty, establish where the nukes are, and where they might be going, determine the extent to which the nuclear non-proliferation regime has been, and will remain, successful.