POL 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Comparative Politics, Imagined Community, Apposition
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One of three main subfields of political science. Comparative politics: the study and comparison of domestic politics across countries: comparative politics has three major theoretical approaches: institutional approaches, the rational choice approach, and political culture approach. Power- a has power over b to the extent that he can get b to do something that b otherwise would not do (dahl 1957) Two main, opposing theories for governments and states come into being: consensus and coercion: thomas hobbs (consensus): to escape the state of nature. Gives up small protection for protection: jean jacque rousseau (coercion): people were noble savages who were robbed of their civil liberty by kings. Monopoly on the use of force, thereby providing internal and external security. De-facto: state that exists but does not have international recognition. Technological developments give an advantage to groups that can mobilize resources on a large scale.
