POLI 243 Lecture : Poli 243 Jan 6th Notes.doc

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 243
• Professor: Mark Brawley

Document Summary

Course objectives: to introduce theoretical approaches to the study of international politics. The course is divided into three parts economic policy economy. 1- introduction of different approaches to the explanation of foreign. 2- a brief introduction to the substantive issues in international political. Two midterms: (25%each) part 1+part 2 of course. Why we do the study of international politics. to answer the questions: why wars? why do states go to war? to learn to think theoretically about international politics. 1-relate cause and effect, the way different perspectives look at things. if the cause is present, the effect will be present. 3-composed of independent and dependent variables. need variation in the outcome, need variation in the causable causal theories need to be explicit. 1-description; describing things that have already happened, describing past events. 3-prescription; shape an outcome to make a prediction in a certain fashion. Push and shape to obtain a certain outcome.