POLS 241 Lecture Notes - Civil Society, Comparative Politics, Aggregate Demand
10 Sep 2013
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Pols 241 lecture sept 9/2013 : week 1 lecture 1. Comparative politics is about the moments that move countries from one political system to another. It is about competing events, political systems and countries. Few premises: 1) society is chosen. However these choices have a lot of consequences: 2) parameters of action. Choices do not bring about necessarily good consequences. Ex,1964 brazil president made choice to nationalize a fruit company"s land which equaled bad consequences: 3) heart of course is the state (pg. Paul ricoeur: state= most important development in human history. The state today employs 1/5 of the entire population (teachers, nurses, police, ect) Creates basis for the demand of our economy. Most of our income goes to the state but half of our benefits we will in. In developing countries government jobs are the most stable our lifetime get form the state in return. When there is no state, alternatives emerge: warlords, crime, etc.
