POL 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Good Governance, Internal Resistance, Class Conflict

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 1101
• Professor: best

Document Summary

It is different no matter where we go in the world so what would we be able to discuss if we were to meet up and talk: structure vs agents. Structural explanations will be based on the more general features in the social, economic and political structures of a society. Agency explanations focus more on the role of people or groups in shaping political change. However, one cannot work without the other and it is important to grasp that relatio(cid:374)ship; o(cid:374)l(cid:455) people (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:862)do(cid:863) thi(cid:374)gs a(cid:374)d the(cid:455) a(cid:272)t (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) a (cid:272)ertai(cid:374) stru(cid:272)tural (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:454)t of constraint and opportunity. Marxists look to the analysis of class interest and relative power in order to explain what happens: ex: south africa(cid:859)s e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) gro(cid:449)th duri(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d after the e(cid:272)o(cid:374)d world. War created a growing working class almost entirely black which then led to the strengthening of black political and trade union organizations.