POSC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Scientific Method, The Power Elite, Classical Liberalism
31 Oct 2017
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Issues that affect large numbers of people across america include: Every place and time period has it"s own issues that the government needs to add. Politics takes place everywhere, though it may take different forms. Politics- process by which all societies make and enforce decisions regarding. Government- set of actors that constitute the body designed to make the de. Political system- procedures, means, and ways that the government utilizes t. Public policies- decisions arrived upon by the government. Policy making- process/act of making public policy decisions. Political science differs from journalism in its aims, methods, etc. Journalism focuses on specific events with specific actors and things, and informing. Political scientists- interested only in specific occurrences when they can be used to a pattern (not 2016 election, but how it contributes to a general knowledge of pres process of collecting and analyzing follows procedure such as scientific method. Differing interests- different groups have different self-interests (social, economic, will benefit them.
