POLS 2100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Political Evolution
4 Oct 2016
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Inductive reasoning - starting with studying a case then generate a hypothesis based on the information. Deductive reasoning - starting with a hypothesis, then seek out evidence to support it. (lawyers do this) Shifts from qualitative to quantitative: rational-choice/ game theory: how and why people make decisions/ act on their preferences and how this forms politics (the rules and games by which politics is played i. e. ideals of freedom or equality) Institutions are any organization or activities that are self perpetuating, and valued for their own sake they lay out the rules, norms and structures for society we live in. O institutions: are any organization or pattern of activity that is self-perpetuating and valued for its own sake. O they define what is possible in political life by laying out the rules and structures of how politics operates. Politics is full of institutions, and they embody the norms or values unique to a given country.
