POLSCI 2I03 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide -

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 2I03
• Professor: Andrew Lui

Document Summary

Polsci 2i03 lomoar cpsd| 2151316 lomoar cpsd| 2151316. Pre-set interests, ideas and identities in liberalism and. What do people and states want / believe and identify as (who are they) Grand theories of ir: grandtheoryisatermusedtodescribeaformofhightheoriesstrong on abstraction in which the formal organization and arrangement of concepts take priority over extremely detailed understanding of the social world. (generalizations and universal truths applicable to all of. Purpose is to determine how it all works, often by creating theoretical models that balance parsimony and elegance against complexity and detail. Our theories are worth talking about as distinct theories but often do have a lot of over lap. Constructivism and post-structuralism share an idea of social construction. Ontology has to do with what exists in the world, what matters or what is the case o. Ex: talking about states as individuals, as if they"re a real thing when we mean leaders and the people.