PSC 1001 Study Guide - Final Guide: Arab Spring, Vicente Fox, Westminster System
8 Feb 2018
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Comparative politics systematic search for answers to political questions about how people around the world make and contest public choices ii. Methods of agreement compares and contrasts countries with different attributes but the same outcomes iii. Methods of difference compares and contrasts countries with similar attributes but different outcomes iv. Correlation a measure of observed association between two variables, high correlation could mean causality v. causality one element is the reason another element takes place vi. State a political legal unit with sovereignty over a particular territory and a population that resides within its borders. vii. Sovereignty* monopoly over the legitimate use of force. International community grants it, and public consent viii. State-building* when a state promotes economic development, fosters legitimacy, forms of representation, nationalism, sovereignty ix. Neo-patrimonialism* personalistic, clans, tribes deliver goods to members, who you know is most important, ruler uses spoils to stay in power.
