PS 100 Lecture Notes - Post-Materialism, Presidential System, Anthony Downs
9 Apr 2013
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A set of techniques, concepts, and approaches whos objective is to increase the clarity and accuracy of our understandings of political phenomena . Explainating, prediction and analysis- figuring out why things happened in order to help predict what will happen ie 2012 election and wwii (maybe we can control if we know why things happen) Accumulation of knowledge- knowing the rules and concepts to build on the past in order to be successful in the future. Generation of new and interesting questions- brings up topics with a broader view of arguments and give more angles and solutions to problems. The discipline: traditionally divided into four fields 1. Empirical: related to data- most what were going to study because it gives you facts about how the world works. Ancients- plato, aristotile, greeks, ties to classist theory. Wrote a lot about how society should be structures (democracy that is different than how we define democracy) 2.
