PO221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Punctuated Equilibrium, Matthew Kapstein, Path Dependence
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Ideas how they are operationalized and what they do. How we talk about the world: narratives, discourse: narratives: the story we tell ourselves about who we are, the way the world works, discourse: the language we use to talk about things. Flashlights, road maps and define interest: road (cid:373)aps: help us (cid:374)a(cid:448)igate situatio(cid:374)s that (cid:449)e do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) a(cid:271)out uncertainty, define interest: interests are first defined by ideas. Neo-gramscian: takes a marxist approach of economic power, people who have economic power often sustain their position by controlling ideas. Defi(cid:374)e i(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)s as, (cid:862)fo(cid:396)(cid:373)al o(cid:396) i(cid:374)fo(cid:396)(cid:373)al p(cid:396)o(cid:272)edu(cid:396)es, (cid:396)outi(cid:374)es, (cid:374)o(cid:396)(cid:373)s a(cid:374)d (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:448)e(cid:374)tio(cid:374)s e(cid:373)(cid:271)edded i(cid:374) the o(cid:396)ga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374)al st(cid:396)u(cid:272)tu(cid:396)e of the polit(cid:455) o(cid:396) politi(cid:272)al e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)(cid:455)(cid:863) Assumes actors are rational/politics as a series of collective action problems: problems that require us to organize ourselves together (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t sol(cid:448)e o(cid:374) o(cid:449)(cid:374) Calculus is determinates of behaviour, institutions that help calculus: weigh options to determine type of behavior, lay out the cost and benefits, ex.
