POL 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nomic, Peter Julian, Presidential System
11 Nov 2014
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Interstate relations a: themes include diplomacy, wars and peace, relationships, human rights, globalization, international trade and finance, environment, trade patterns have immediate connection to their direct economy, aristotle: collective decision making, collective nature of decision making, not only on individual thoughts, but must apply to other people, criticized for being too rosy, too peaceful and positive d. Politics as a discipline: politics as distribution, politics as power, not about consensus, nastier edge to politics, exercising power, domination of the people and others, where are they strong, where are they weak, definition of power: coercion (force) and authority. In the world, the individuals are rational in the sense that they will look for their own benefit: rational, self maximizing individual, methodology: deductive approach, lots of support: this is science, logical and mathematical, critics: analyzing politics without taking into account of culture and ideologies.
