POLB91H3 Lecture Notes - Area Studies, The New York Times, Empirical Evidence
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Hall and tarrow: area studies, qualitative school, detailed examination of politics within a specific geographical setting not necessarily involving any explicit comparison. Hall and tarrow disagree with cutting area studies funds. The study of differences across similarities: select 2 or more countries similar in most respects except for phenomenon being explained, eg. Ecuador, bolivia and peru trying to understand indigenous movement formation. Similarities all of them were colonized by the spanish. Transition to democracy by massive population uprising rare usually democracy is implemented through elite pacts. Being the process of deciding how resources are distributed: key = watch for the conditions that lead to political violence (not always, dependent on state) Concepts for comparative analysis: corporatism: a system in which interest groups become an institutionalized part of the political structure. Formal arrangement: pluralism, a system in which interest groups organize and compete freely and in which policy outcomes are result of groups competing under pressure, characteristics, eg.
