[PSC 1001] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (106 pages long)
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Comparative method (which is based on scientific) Athens: plato (428 - 348 bc, aristotle (384 - 322 bcc) Karl marx (1818 - 1883: general social and economic laws, social class, conflict, empirical. Alexis de tocqueville (1805 - 1859: democracy in america (book, studied us democracy, findings: decentralization and civil society. Relies on scientific method (hypothesis, test empirically, draw inferences) Comparative method: limits: countries can"t be guinea pigs, hard to hold things constant. Isolate causal factors: compare two different countries, two strategies. Method of agreement: agreed outcome, different qualities. Method of difference: different outcome, similar qualities: leads to correlation (which isn"t causation) --> that can lead to probabilistic statements. Causation: extremely high correlation, logical relationships, additional evidence needed --> causal mechanisms, processes over time (does x lead to y?) Why does it: emergence of middle class, economic pie --> more resources --> more redistribution of those resources. Are richer countries democracies? (what about china, saudi arabia?)
