POLI 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Comparative Politics, Boko Haram, Islamism
17 May 2018
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Prof: Daniel Douek
Office Hours: 1:00-2:30
Office: Leacock528
MidTerm: 25%
Essay: 35%
Final: 30%
Participation: 10%
What is comparative politics:
Studying and comparing domestic political processes
As opposed to international politics, focus is on domestic
If it is a science then politics is inherently comparative
Is it really a science?
- Can we achieve predictability?
What are developing areas?
- Countries that have not achieved development and industrialization
- Gloal “outh or the Third World
- Why are they underdeveloped? What factors have resulted in this?
THE STATE
What is the purpose of the state?
-Solving collective action problems
- Protecting domestic populations from foreign attack
- Protecting citizens from each other
Charles Tilly on European State Formation
War ade the state ad the state ade war
Through which mechanisms did this occur?
What kind of states resulted from this state formation process?
Going to war against other states meant:
- Raising an army
- Collecting taxes
- Building infrastructure
- Rall aroud the flag effet
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Document Summary
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