POL326Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Donald Rumsfeld, C. Wright Mills, Aggregate Demand
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Last class: theoretical considerations; the study of us fp calls between ir and comparative politics; each of these has its own assumptions in understanding of making policies; Other component of the core of political science field: the nature of the state; Particular examples: number of american leaders have noted (david patreus) that us relationship with israel does not appear rational; Realists: close association is rational, in particular, in the context of cold war in the projection of power in the middle east; Realists and liberals: domestic rogues (israel lobby); Importance of the understanding of the origins of the constitution. That does not mean that some elements were replaced; loyalists for example ended up in. As such, some bet with the british and paid with price of ending up in canada; Important thing: social structure within the us did not change due to the revolution;
