POLI 244 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Systems Analysis
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Structures find in terms of social interaction, interactions between units, which can vary. Systems defined as a set of interacting units. Systems defined in terms of market, firms, consumers, market can be seen as a system. Social system points to social interaction eg. ) high school, university(cid:1037)social int. students, teachers/profs(cid:1037)unit analysis (cid:1038) (cid:1038) (cid:1038) different pressure/responsibility(between high school/uni. ) actions of authority(between high school/university) System defined by how the unit interacts and reacts. Once defined unit, we can try to unpack the interests(goals) of the unit(interaction, consequence, impact) Places constraints on what the actor can do eg. ) international politic system unit: state-at int. level, determined by state behavior. >>the constraints they face come from actions of other actors. Consequences come from the interaction between units. >> all these have some sense of systemic level characterization. >> structures are defined by recurring patterns of behavior. Has great difficult allow us predict the war(who wins/loses)