PO101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Philosophical Perspectives, New Institutionalism, Scientific Method
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Selfishness is a part of who we are. Without property or family ties we would stop caring about our relatives/friends. Combines the interest of various groups in society. Transcendence of human selfishness requires a complete overhaul of social relations as we know them. As a formal discipline, appeared in europe and the us in the late (cid:1005)8(cid:1004)(cid:1004) s. The first chair in history and political science was at columbia university in 1857. True development of political science started after world war two. Perspective that views politics as an empirical diciplin, rather than a science. Co(cid:374)(cid:272)er(cid:374)ed with the purpose, (cid:374)ature, a(cid:374)d orga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374) of the (cid:862)state(cid:863), stressi(cid:374)g hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)isti(cid:272), ethical, and philosophical perspectives. Preference for case studies rather than quantitative methods. Research typically focused on the detailed description of historical data, political institutions, (cid:272)o(cid:374)stru(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s, a(cid:374)d legal syste(cid:373)s, ear(cid:374)i(cid:374)g traditio(cid:374)alists the la(cid:271)el of (cid:862)hyper fa(cid:272)tualists(cid:863) After wwii, universities were pressured by the western gnvnts to spend more on sciences.
