POL208Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Liberal Democracy
7 Dec 2015
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Different approaches and philosophical assumptions about politics and the state. In the sciences people are questioning the assumptions that people had for years and possibly challenging those assumptions (ie. world is flat) Different scholars disagree one certain phenomena"s: easton and the liberal tradition: Argues that politics is all about allocation every society has to, at its core, has to decide who gets what when and how. Obligations, who serves in the military, who pays taxes etc. Custom: feudalism consensus, divine right of kings. Contract model of states/origin/consent of the governed. Means of allocation goods as well as obligations. Markets are based on a form of equality when you enter the market you are equal with everyone else. Only way to allocate things is by command (force someone to do something they otherwise wouldn"t do, politics being about power) In order to enforce a contract you must go back to politics. Karl schmitt and politics as us v. the other.
