PS 210- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 20 pages long!)

• School: University of Kentucky
• Department: Political Science
• Course: PS 210
• Professor: Abby Beatriz Cordova

Document Summary

Study of political power and decision making within national boundaries: not interactions between national governments (that"s international relations) Can focus on politics of one specific country (at the national/state/local level: ex: robert putnam"s study of local government performance in italy. Can focus on comparing issues and processes in one or more places through time. To develop generalized understandings of political activity. Scientific method: comparative method, statistical method. State an administrative entity that endures over time, develops laws, creates public policies for its citizens, and implements those policies and laws. Nation a group of people with strong bonds of shared identity, through culture, language, and tradition. Territory an area with clearly defined borders to which a state lays claim. Sovereignty overall quality of a state in which it is recognized as the sole legitimate governing authority within its own territory and as a legal equal of other states.