[POL 128] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 33 pages long Study Guide!

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History of politics and definition: aristotle called politics the master science because it touches all aspects of our lives, politics is derived from the greek word (cid:858)poli (cid:859) meaning city government. Greeks greatly valued politics: politics can be seen as a decision making mechanism for society, politics can be defined as a system for conflict resolution, politics can also be the authoritative allocation of values. How much should you be responsible for yourself: politics is a system of institutions, a system of processes. Two principles way in which politics can be analyzed and interpreted: empirical vs normative. They would say they their approach is more realistic. Normative is fact-(cid:271)ased plus ethi(cid:272)s. it"s a(cid:271)out you (cid:373)aking a judgement about so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g, a(cid:271)out (cid:449)hat"s idealisti(cid:272). Week 1 thursday lecture notes: aristotle called politics the master science because it touches all aspects of our lives, politics is derived from the greek word (cid:858)poli (cid:859) meaning city government.

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