PSCI 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: European Central Bank, International Political Economy, Res Publica
16 Jun 2016
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Political Science 1200 Lecture Note 1 9/6/2013 3:38:00 PM
Introduction to IR and Comparative Politics
What is politics?
Politics: public vs. private
• Private sphere- economy, society.
• Public Sphere- how to make decisions for the public good & what is
the public good.
Politics as the common good
Collective security (how is it that we decide our public safety?), public safety
(law & order), questions related to citizenship (what rights do we possess as
citizens)
Deliberation
(how do we allow citizens to make legislation?)
A state is a monopoly on how to exercise force and power
Politics as authoritative decision making
The infrastructure of making decisions
The sanctions that would be levied by someone who doesn’t follow the rules
Political arena1: the state
All the issues of common good and structure of decisions. The state is the
political institution of our times.
Defined by territory
States make authoritative decisions that citizens must follow.
Political arena2: the political system
National political system
Sovereignty single locust of authority – Post 1600
Are the regional political systems?
International Political System- organized around the polar opposite of
national political system. Has a key operative system called the balance of
power.
History of Political Thought: the good life, power and economy of violence
How to pursue the good life?
The question of power?
“economy of violence”- Machiavelli (How to institute a political order based
on the economy of violence to do it in a way that is as solid or less disruptive
as possible)
What is an academic discipline?
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Construct boundaries
Identifies problem
Information and knowledge
Critique
Disciplinary history
The Discipline of Political Science
• History
o History 1: thinking about politics
o History 2: associations
• Organization
o Canadian Politics
o Methodology
o Political Theory
o Public Administration
o Comparative Politics
o International Relations
International Relations
Theory
Conflict Studies (Peace & War)
Foreign Policy
International Organization
International Law
International Political Economy
Comparative Politics
Countries & Regions
Political Systems
State Institutions
Political Parties
Varieties of Capitalism
Political Behavior
Democracy & Elections
Book- Vabour
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Political Science 1200 Lecture 2 Notes 9/6/2013 3:38:00 PM
Lecture 2: The State as a Political Institution
PASS Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Fridays
3% is dependent on going to workshops on the 4th floor of the library
Agenda for the Lecture
• The idea of the state
• The state in history
• The modern state
• The institutionalization of the state
• Types of state
The idea of the State
Common association
Organized violence
Sovereignty
Authority
Territorial boundaries
Legitimacy
‘State’ vs. ‘Government’
The State= government+ administration+ civil society
Roman Empire
Res publica- something that should belong to all citizens
Commonwealth
Ancient Greek
Plato, Socrates, Aristotle- How participation in the common good brings
about a good ordering to your own individual self?
In order to live the good life, you need to establish a set of rules.
The state is about common life and the participation helps to order our own
personality.
Weber
The state is all about organized violence
The state is the means by which we exercise cohesion on one another
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Document Summary
Politics: public vs. private: private sphere- economy, society, public sphere- how to make decisions for the public good & what is the public good. ), public safety (law & order), questions related to citizenship (what rights do we possess as citizens) Deliberation (how do we allow citizens to make legislation?) A state is a monopoly on how to exercise force and power. The sanctions that would be levied by someone who doesn"t follow the rules. All the issues of common good and structure of decisions. The state is the political institution of our times. States make authoritative decisions that citizens must follow. Sovereignty single locust of authority post 1600. International political system- organized around the polar opposite of national political system. Has a key operative system called the balance of power. History of political thought: the good life, power and economy of violence.
