POL208Y1 Lecture : POL208 Intro to IR – Weeks One and Two Lecture Notes.docx
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Different approaches and philosophical assumptions about politics and the state. Science functions upon the basis of various paradigms. Shifts of paradigms the explanations that were once convincing are no longer considered such assumptions and their reception change. In the social sciences, no paradigm is ever dominant. This makes it very difficult to study: easton and the liberal tradition: politics as allocation who gets what, when, and how. Means of allocation: 1) custom, 2) exchange, and 3) command. Contract model of states origin/consent of the governed. This is was an extremely effective system for the feudal period. Markets are based on a fundamental form of equality . They also function on the basis of consensus, inducing legitimacy in outcome. Karl schmitt and politics as us v. the other. Basic dichotomy that defines disciplines (philosophy, ethics, economics, law) The us gov"t its inefficiency by design is the exact opposite of what karl schmitt would"ve wanted.
