[POL SCI 6B] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (84 pages long)
29 Nov 2016
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Ask political scientists to give you a definition of macro-politics, you will get different answers/versions. Is not a political term, open to all. Macro politics: study of states, political systems and institutions, political ideologies. Key aspect of macro-politics is the ability to think + analyze politics on a global scale. Singapore/asia line where 90% of global products come from. But how do we define politics: politics is the exercise of power through, gov"ts and regime times b. Macro politics is influenced by the processes of globalization. What is globalization: greater interconnectedness, fundamental shift in spatial scale of human organization, stronger link between distant communities, expansion of power relations. Another way to think of it is, globalization is the increased flow of: And ideas (political ideas), democracy, free trade . Resistant to change; underlies racism and sexism. Acceptance of information from authority figures such as media, teachers, parents, and clergy. *a dilemma results when two authority figures disagree.
