GVPT 280 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Democracy, International Law, Weimar Republic
20 Nov 2018
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International relations the study of relations between countries: often overlaps, especially when studying conflict, international organizations, or foreign policy, studying comparative politics, regional focus, approaches. Institutional: economic, structural, marxist, cultural, phenomena, study and comparison of specific political occurrences, such as revolutions, civil wars, democratic transitions, or elections. Is comparative politics a science: the comparative method, cases are compared and conclusions drawn, comparing countries or subnational units leads to conclusions and generalizations that may be valid in other cases. The united states is an example: a unitary state has power centralized at the national level. Reminders: discussion sections will be on this week. Check elms for your meeting location: no lecture monday, sept. 10th. Institutions such as electoral insittutions, the seperation of powers, and checks and balances exist to protect rights. It is important to analyze the responsiveness of the government to the preferences of its citizens, which requires certain institutional guarantees: democracies require political freedoms.
