POLI 243 Lecture Notes - Railways Act 1921, Kenneth Waltz
17 Apr 2013
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Poli 243 international politics of economic relations. Theoretical approach"s to intl" politics applied to varied current events. Essay question covering the readings (use in class readings and outside class readings) Essay question about issues week of jan 23rd (no friday lecture, start conferences) Probabilistic statement: kenneth waltz our theories are probabilistic statements if then . They are not laws (i. e. law of gravity) Parsimony or leverage (picking and choosing information to convey) Description of events (why did it happen?) Prediction (what will happen in another similar situation) Prescription (what steps should the gov"t take) Built on assumptions which shape the qualities of each theory. Assume it is true, we know that it is not always true. Ie. that a country is an actor, that actors are rational (cost/benefit) Paradigm: example: create theory w/ cause and effect and then applies to varied cases, approach: school of thought.
