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What us comparative politics?
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Struglle across countries, what politics within countries are, not what they should be
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Different Methodologies used in CP?
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Comparative - make comparisons across cases and draw conclusions
Quantitative - analyze statistical data across a large number of countries Qualitative - mastery of limited number of cases, emphasis on depth over breadth |
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What are components are the scientific method?
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Research Design
Induction - going to specifics Deduction - big/general statement to qualitative |
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Mills Method of Agreement
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simplest of methods, not used frequently
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Mills Method of Disagreement
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comparisons are made on the contrast, why something happened in one case and not the other
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According to Lijphart, what is the real difference between Statistical and Comparative methods?
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they both have the same logic, the difference lies in the number of cases
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Webers conditions for government?
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Monopoly of Coersion (having the most power)
Basis of Authority |
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What is Legitimacy?
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value whereby something/sopmeone is recognized and accepted as right and proper
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Webers 3 forms of Authority?
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Traditional Legitimacy - valid bacause its always been that way
Charismatic Authority - rare, embodied by one individual, hitler Legal-Rational - legal authority,equal oppurtunity |
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Why do some governments not want to seek widespread legitimacy among citizens?
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Rentier States - rely on icom derived from rents, do not need to focus on legitimacy
Government is wealthy, people are very poor |
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What is a state?
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institution of political authority, maintains monopoly of violence over a territory
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What makes a state
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Sovereignty - ability to carry out actions within a territory
A set of institutions that society deems necessary to achieve basic goals |
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Evolution of the State?
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Empires = COERSIVE INTENSIVE
Tribes City States =CAPITOL INTENSIVE |
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Major thinkers?
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Thomas Hobbes - conflict is inevitable, man vs. man
David Hume - people are social creatures who need eachother Karl Marx - class divisions, state is an idea to keep people down |
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Regime
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the fundamental rules or norms of politics
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reasons for lack of social control in developing countries?
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not as much time to work on problems, people were not seen as citizens but subjects with few rights, high diversity and low capacity.
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According to North, what are institutions? WHy do we need them? purpose?
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the human constraints that structure political, economic, and social interaction.
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formal and informal institutions
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Formal - constitutions, laws, property rights
Informal - sanctions, taboos, customs, traditions |
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difference between institutions and organizations
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organaztion is a social arrangement whcih pursues collective goals, unlike institutions whcih dictate how we live in society
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what is path dependence?
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institutions are self reinforcing, the past has a powerful influence on the future
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differences between old and new institutionalism
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old = more focus on formal institutions, marx and weber
new = focus on both, much less direct |
