POLSCI 2XX3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: National Liberalism

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 2XX3
• Professor: Nibaldo Galleguillos

Document Summary

The study of how power is distributed in the larger society (i. e. a struggle to control power) Politics is all about controlling the state. Politics is the systematic study of who gets what, when and how. The greeks providing a de nition of politics; the means by which the citizens of the polis could also become a good human being. The process by which the best possible life for every human being is guaranteed or secured. The systematic study of the unexpected outcome, consequences of human actions. (ex. the un or us is dedicated to ending colonization so that those countries would become supportive of them, but the outcome was much different) Politics is making the same mistake again and again(insanity) The ability to get the results that you want, in the face of opposition. The concern for developing countries started with president truman in 1944, when made a speech.