PPGC66H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Chemical Substance, Corporatism, Public Choice
17 Sep 2013
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Political science is interested in the origins and durability of regimes. Political science endures despite challenges, and how they change. How a regime forms a group of people, war making, taxation influence how regimes change, etc. Public policy more emphasis of process governments comes up with rules and policies and how they make decisions. Public policy is interested in the consequences of these policies. Experts can say we tested a chemical substance but citizens say they don"t want this chemical in its food. We combine the insights in different disciplines in order to reach policies that are more accountable. (economists, lawyers, sociologist) Public policies are interested in the process, consequences, improving, tension between expertise and democracy, Deductive theory- begins before the process of investigating. Another decision you have to make is whether you"re looking at individuals, institutions, or. Inductive theory moves from the particular and detailed to more abstract. groups of people levels of analysis.
