POLS1102 Lecture 1: POLS1102 Lecture 1

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11 May 2018

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Lecture 1 - 2/03

Vocab:

Politics is a concept - a noun with ideas behind it - ideas are contested - Politics by

Andrew Heywood

Ideology = a coherent set of ideas that provides a basis for political action

Liberalism: the ideology of the west

Conservatism: the traditionalists response

Socialism: a call for redistribution

Ideologies rely on theories

Theories:

Explanatory = account of why something has happened

Normative = argument about the way the world ought to be

Theory is a lens, hence the phrase theoretical perspective

Theories are communicated through models which simplify a complex world

*Policy Stages Model*

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