[POLI 316] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (36 pages long)
29 Nov 2016
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The study of politics= the study of power: institutional sense: modern state, business corporation, etc. Because the great powers/un enforce keeping it how it is to prevent chaos: state- (bureaucracy/institution)- the administrative institution or bureaucratic entity that governs a people, social strata- wealth, class, age, ethnicity, education divisions in society, how societies are divided. The elites are the powerful people in a given society: economic systems- capitalism (market based)-- socialism (state based, traditional/modern societies, traditional b. i. Critiques: scientific method: reduces everything to institutions, systems, tied to growth of government, too objective/ dehumanizing, literary method: too subjective to the point where no political/ social phenomena can be compared (historicism- absolute subjectivity) Theory: describe phenomena, explain causes, predict: formal theory: quantitative, normative theory: hypothetical/ ideals (theories of human behavior) 1944- usa- behavioral revolution- scholars wanted to change it to the science of politics (policy making) 1944-1960s behavioral paradigm: separates fact and value, quantitative methodology, research focus- compare nations/ governments.
