POLS 2910 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Family Values, Neoconservatism, Neoliberalism
19 Sep 2017
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Pols 2910 9. 19. 17 approaches to canadian politics. He studied ho(cid:449) politi(cid:272)al i(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)s a(cid:374)d li(cid:271)eral (cid:449)orked. He concluded how american democracy; you looked at interest groups; they had to respond to popular demands; Political leaders try aggregate or brought together all these demands a(cid:374)d differe(cid:374)t groups all these differe(cid:374)t progra(cid:373)s, satisfy all these to get re-elected. How do we promote capitalism and communism to the rest of the world: public choice theory (let things be) Classical economy theory how political decisions are made. Self-interested individuals; maximize as much as they can. State/politicians act to protect/maintain capitalist social relations. (cid:449)orkers (cid:449)ere(cid:374)"t going to work unless receive benefits; were(cid:374)"t happy a(cid:271)out the strike. A theory provides a framework for understanding what causes an event or a series of events. How causes are related to effects; there is disagreements about causes. Theory is always for someone for something.
