POL 2104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Comparative Politics, Authoritarianism, Area Studies
8 Sep 2019
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ESSENTIALS OF
COMPARATIVE POLITICS
READING NOTES
CHAPTER I
Chapter I- introduction
arab
spring
↳ 2010 : tunisian man sets himself on fire
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protesting police corruption and gov . indifference
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protests against gov
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gov overthrown
- 2011 : egypt 'S pres . hosni Mubarak resigns after 30 years in office
Iybla 'S muammar gaddafi killed after 40 year rule
Start of Syrian civil war , bashar at -assad stays in power
" - migration Crisis , 400,000 t Killed
political violence
→ role of religious and economic conflict
→ technological Change can destabilize /fragment communities
→ ethnic /religious origins
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ex : Syria and iraq
what is comparative politics ?
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'→ Study and comparison of domestic politics across countries
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elections , political parties , revolutions , etc .
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Sometimes overlaps with international relations studies
- categories
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analytical concepts (assumptions /theories )establish Cause and effect
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methods
- ideals ( beliefs Iva lues )Of preferred outcomes
- Comparing the pursuit of power across countries
. ex : democracy vs authoritarianism , monarchy vs parties , etc .
Document Summary
2010 tunisian man sets himself on fire protesting police corruption and gov indifference protests against gov gov overthrown. Syrian civil war bashar at assad stays in power migration. Killed economic iraq ethnic role violence conflict and can of destabilize religious political religious. Change technological arab fragment comparative origins political overlaps comparison politics politics parties ex. Sometimes etc of domestic with and and across studies relations elections. Syria countries is categories analytical concepts assumptions theories establish. Comparing the pursuit of power across countries ex democracy vs authoritarianism monarchy vs parties etc power ability to politics. Struggle in any group ability to make decisions for influence one. I power that will give one or more persons for the larger group ex country world office politics comparative method without criterion or guides. Studies are just collections of details compares cases. And conclusions seek out generalizations that could be valid in other cases reasoning inductive go from.
