[POLS 2910] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 35 pages long Study Guide!
29 Nov 2016
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Lecture: concepts of politics and theories of political culture. Provides framework for understanding what causes an event or a series of events. Saw capitalism, was impressed by the rate it produced wealth. Spent his life on trying to understand how it works. Also noticed effect industrialisation had on workers: tough jobs, very low pay, long hours, young workers, exploitative side of capitalism. Did not see as accumulation of wealth and keeping it in a safe: saw it as inefficient. Making production more efficient by dividing work: mass manufacturing. 17th century movement focused on rights, empiricism rather than theology. Our worldview, about us, filters the way we see the world. Like: sexuality, upbringing, country you live in, education. Because human beings create theories, they all go through a filter. Pluralism: 1960s, especially in american political science, in cold war era, cold war was a war between capitalism/democracy/usa/nato on one side, and.
