POLS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Intergenerational Equity, Precautionary Principle
25 Jan 2016
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As well, because environments cross borders concerns over: sustainability. Sustainability as a political term, not a neutral or objective one. To develop greater interest in the study of politics. To learn many key political concepts in political theory. To become aware of some standard approaches to studying politics. To learn and recognize and understand a range of political. To develop critical thinking and interpretive/analytical skills. To develop academic skills in reading, research, writing and group ideologies discussion. How do we approach the study of politics: normative, empirical, What concepts do we use to understand and evaluate politics> (the semantic state, sovereignty, power, equality, freedom etc. ) Democracy was once considered negative, now positive: not a big focus on exam. No fixed meaning depends on context, point of view, applications: ex. Different meaning of freedom in liberalism vs. socialism. Meanings (of political concepts) are themselves political.
