Political Science 1020E Lecture 1: The Discipline of Political Science
30 Jan 2019
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Polisci 1020e lesson 1 the discipline of political science. The state, society & international community: judiciary: legal system, gov"t: executive, legislative, bureaucracy, military. What counts: politics as the art of peaceful resolution of conflict central role for the state, politics as any activity involving the use of or struggle for power (jobs) What values do decisions serve? (does it support fairness?) Normative: asks value questions (what is the good life?) Empirical: focuses on observable phenomena aim is to identify what exists rather than what ought to exist. Semantic: concerned with meaning and origin of concepts.
