POL 1500 Study Guide - Spring 2019, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Venezuela, Taiwan, Russia
14 Feb 2019
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Take note of classroom etiquette in syllabus. Pay attention to the thesis, major supporting arguments, and examples to understand. Exams will have questions about individual readings. Don"t care if you liked it; tell why it is valid or not. Who gets what, where, when, and how? - harold lasswell. Venezuela: small group of junior officers are inciting what may become a military coup, intended purpose is to remove current government and restore order before holding free and fair elections. Everything in this class is about comparison. Institutions are identified with a social purpose, transcending individuals and intentions by mediating the rules that govern living behavior) Formal: written down, tangible (constitution lays out our institutions) Informal: no form of rule behind it, but we all engage in (social institutions) Robert dahl a gets b to do what b would otherwise not do. A threat or force that leads to a specific desired action.
