DANCEST 805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Comparative Politics, Inductive Reasoning, Deductive Reasoning
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Politics the struggle in any group for power that will give one or more persons the ability to make decisions for the larger group. Power the ability to influence others or impose one"s will on them. Comparative politics the study and comparison of domestic politics across countries. While comparative politics looks at the politics inside countries, international relations. It is hard to separate politics from power. concentrates on relations between countries. Informal institutions unwritten and unofficial, but no less powerful. Institutions set the stage for political behaviour by influencing how politics is conducted. Comparative method a way to compare cases and draw conclusions. Inductive reasoning the means by which we go from studying a case to generating a hypothesis: this can be the foundation on which we build greater theories. Deductive reasoning starting with a puzzle and from there generating some hypothesis about cause and effect to test against a number of cases: first hypothesis and then evidence.
