POLS 2000 Lecture 4: What is Politics?
5 Feb 2019
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The field of study or thoughts on how the government should operate, incorporates different ideas and perspectives, incorporation of political parties. The study of politics and then trends that exist within them, whether it be voting behavior or studing polarization, political scientists aim to understand and predict future outcomes based on the past history within politics. Systematic study of data on a large number of observations. You may be focused on one geographical region. Narrative style, not necessarily data but rather documents. Qualitative research, normative questions, not empirical (who should, rather than just who) Public admin: study of the inner workings of gov and related organizations (there is a lot at the state level) Public policy: the study of what works and does not work in specific policy areas. Public law: study of the judiciary as it relates to politics and society.
