POL S101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ethnocentrism, Tao Te Ching, Protectionism

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL S101
• Professor: David Wineroither

Document Summary

Politics is also about who has wealth: wealth leads to political power. Politics meets economics: political economy: approach that views political and economic spheres as harmonious and mutually dependent perceptions of the world; relationship between people, government, and the economy. This course will examine many different systems: comparative approach: method of political analysis that compares different systems of political authority, based on system type, time period, or form of leadership. Different ways in comparative method: most similar systems . Method of comparative analysis that examines political systems that have many common features in an effort to identify different variables: most different systems . Method of comparative analysis that examines political systems that share no (or few) common features yet have a similar outcome or phenomena. All aspects of modern politics, from opportunities to threats are connected globally: globalization: the intensification of economic, political, social, and cultural relations across borders. There are negative effects of greater global connections.