POL 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Systems Theory, David Easton, Elitism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 2101
• Professor: Andre Lecours

Document Summary

Elitism: minority prevailing over the majority, the majority is not involved in the issue so the minority prevails. Pluralism: many more interests are involved, determination of policy will be how different interest groups align themselves, governing decision makers take into account all of the groups and see who has most influence. Institutionalism: the decision is made by the institutional structure. Globalization: decision is made outside the canadian governing system, glo(cid:271)alizatio(cid:374) does(cid:374)"t affe(cid:272)t all poli(cid:272)y (cid:373)aki(cid:374)g, (cid:271)ut it i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)es so(cid:373)e. Economic issues to choose from: select an issue that fits both elitism, pluralism, intuitionalism globalization or game theory, judged based on your ability to illustrate how the issue fits one of the theories. General systems theory: developed by a canadian (david easton, worked at queens and university of toronto, black box political system, there are a series of inputs (demands, supports, etc. ) and outputs.