Political Science 2245E Study Guide - Final Guide: Mancur Olson, Clement Attlee, Barnett Rubin
25 Feb 2014
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08/12/2013: discuss the nature and rationale of comparative politics. Comparative politics (cp): examines political realities in countries all over the world. It looks at the many ways governments operate and the ways people behave in political life. The numerous ways governments are constituted, and the wide variety of their procedures and operations, operate a prominent place in comparative politics. Cp also pays close attention to the ways ordinary people behave in their interactions with governments and in other aspects of political life. Governmental institutions, public policy (health, economic), elite & mass political behaviour (political ideologies & participation), political culture all important. Cp is also a science when it engages in the following operations of analysis: definition, description, explanation, prediction and prescription. Definition: need precise and consistent definitions of political terms as well as a subtle appreciation of their variations and shades of meaning in particular contexts (ex: democracy, socialism, liberalism are commonly used, but often have more than one meaning)
