CPO 2001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Dependent And Independent Variables, Parliamentary System, Relative Deprivation
28 Aug 2015
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1. person gets another group to do: to get people to do something but also keep them from doing something, shape and determine political demands by causing people to think about things contrary to belief. Why study comparative politics: explain and predict political phenomena and. Political behaviour: rational action, values and beliefs and structures. prescribe political phenomena. Patient client relationships: politicians mobilizing citizens for political support. Rules of the game - how regime is structured. Independent variable: the thing that explains the dependant variable. Dependant variable: the thing that affects the independant variable. Secondary concept: supports primary/ freedom of speech supports democracy. Most similar designs: alike in number of ways but different on one key question. Most different designs: different in many ways but similar in on political process always have same outcome. Ecological fallacies: incorrectly inputting data at individual level. ex, stereotyping. Endogeneity- confusing causes for effects of prior causes. Method/theory driven: focus more on proving method than solving problem.
