POL 128 Lecture 1: pol 128 Lecture Notes Joseph Z.
10 Feb 2018
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Politics - root word: polis, means city in greek - athens first city with a "political" system: greeks believed participating in politics made you a better person - politics were very important to them. Baghdad is the oldest place with continuous living because of the fertile land (people have been living there for over 4000 years) Conflict resolution: not everyone will agree on a certain decision leading to disputes, the legal system is the creation of politics. Politics is the authoritative allocation of values (things that people value not ethics, etc. : money, health, etc. Wealth = privilege, with wealth comes connections and influence: politics is a search for a just society. Empirical vs. normative: empirical - fact based and believe they"re looking at the world "as it is, they are said to have a more "realistic" approach, e. g.
