CAS PO 151 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Paramount Leader, Asian Values, Bill Of Rights 1689
3 Nov 2017
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Narrow (lowi and ginsburg): politics is about government and the struggle for power, The systematic study of politics involving theories/studies that can be tested or hypothesized. Broad: social science that concentrates on the struggle for leadership. Power: ability to determine the distribution of resources. Political theory: broad thinking of theoretical ideas within specific contexts that can be removed from day to day politics. Comparative politics versus ir: the study of politics of a particular country/state versus the study of a wide variety of political systems. State: (ir) a territory (cp) a territory and the political system within it including legal system and political community: modern state: clear borders/legal system that has weight and permanence/political identity or attachment to the state. Empire: an extensive group of states under a single authority. Regime: a system of governance/a particular configuration of power: has a degree of permanence. Government: a particular group of office holders.
