POL S101- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 52 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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Art of government (majority, minority, state and government) Realm of public affairs (civil society, uprisings etc. ) Study of power (decision making, how power influences and limits us?) Normative questions (value/meaning of concepts like freedom, equality etc. : comparative politics. Politics within the state (government, electoral systems: internationals relations. Finding data to support our arguments and test our theories. Citing properly so we can give credit and avoid academic crimes. Activity i checking reliability / trustworthiness of websites aap. org vs. acpeds. org (conservative, biased site) How to critically analyze online information: good idea to leave the site and see what others say about the site/organization, don"t trust the about section. Use a fact check site (snopes. com, politifact. com, factcheck. org) Official documents (speeches, treaties, legislation, white papers, hansard, etc) Power: idea that through the exercise of power, something happens that would not have otherwise happened. Need both power and authority to exercise control. Weber"s forms of authority : traditional authority.
