POLI 244 Lecture Notes - Northwest Passage, Iranian Revolution, Canadian Airspace
13 Jul 2014
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Levels of analysis: when analyzing reasons, use multiple cases (more than 2, which interests, which interactions, which institutions, case studies, why bother, first level individual, second level state aka unit level, third level system level. To confirm preexisting beliefs weapons of mass destruction in the. If they start a war they"re dumb or insane. We infer their insanity/intelligence through their behaviour and then explain their behaviour with their actions. Second level: state: nature of domestic politics as opposed to the person, unit level: the sovereign state, supreme authority within a territory. Decided that pope still involved but had no political authority: not all countries control themselves. Other people as well multinational corporations, al qaeda, etc. But states go to war, sign treaties, have currencies i. e. i cannot start my own currency but states have to start their own currency: e. u. gave up their sovereignty as a strong example. Thatcher called an election right after the fauklands.
