POL 607 Lecture 5: POL 607 Week 5

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POL 607
• Professor: Joseph Zboralski

Document Summary

Empirical- fact based politics, data gathering, viewing the world as it is , realistic. Normative- fact based + ethics, analyze facts and data, view world as it is but also how it ought to be implies trying to improve the world, make it better, it is not good enough, should be different. 2 billion people in the world living in poverty (empirical statement) 2 billion people in the world living in poverty and something should be done about it, because so much wealth it should not be like this (normative statement) Because of the 2 standpoints, a number of theories emerged: Power politics- associated with political scientist morgan thau, world is characterized by anarchy?, power must be built up and exercised. Ideal situation is balance of power, respect for other nations and deal with each other in rational way, relationships between powerful countries done through effective diplomacy and well keep the world stable, pursuing national interests.