PLS 200 Lecture Notes - Zombie, Comparative Politics, British Association For Immediate Care
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Easier to study us because no language barrier, traveling, etc Comparative politics is the study of political systems other than the us. When you study comparative politics you become expert of one country. International relations-studies interactions among one or more countries: research will often occupy a theme(environment, economy, etc. ) Comparative us politics-study among 50 states and compare them. The purpose of a theory is to provide a causal linkage between an if and then statement: ex. If countries are democratic then they will not engage in war against each other. The ir theory provides a conceptual way of why certain events have happened historically, and how events will happen in the future. Theories of international politics and zombies by daniel w. drezner. Assumptions: what do zombies eat?-live human flesh, how do we kill zombies?-head shot, what happens when zombies attack?-you become a zombie. Absence of a centralized security so must rely on self help.