PHIL 335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Decision-Making, Status Quo, Giant Component
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1-d view: behaviour, decision-making, key issues, observable conflict (provides experimental test, subjective interests. 2-d view: decision making and non-decision making, issues and potential issues, observable conflict (overt or covert, subjective interests seen as policy preferences or sub-political grievances. 3-d view: decision making and control and political agenda, issues and potential issues, observable (overt, covert) and latent conflict, subjective and real interests. Make sure you know that luke"s view is his response to two pre-existing views. 2d: this critics the 1d pluralist view. This view thinks that 1d is too restrictive of a theory of power. 2d is an improvement, but doesn"t go far enough. Interested in thinking abt power, and exercises of power, that can be identified empirically, and tested. Being empirically visible and testable, as well as has testable evidence. Limiting their theory in thinking of the political process; what extent are these theories applicable outside of this .
