PSC 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Comparative Literature, Comparative Politics, Western Europe
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Politics= transformations of private preferences into public choices: how and what consequences. Comparative politics- systematic study of how people around the world make and contest authoritative public choices. Politics: the making of authoritative public choices from private preferences: making decisions about distribution of rights, responsibilities, wealth and power, rules, regulations, and institutions coming together. Comparative politics- systematic search for answers to political questions about how people around the world make and contest authoritative public choices: why ppl make same/different decisions under different/ same rule, how politics work around the world. Comparative approach asks questions, generate hypotheses, test hypotheses called comparative method. Changes in world politics force us to continuously re examine both our questions and our answers. Aristotle was the og comp poly scientist. Focuses on real world issues/ patterns: aristotle, enlightenment, rise of fascism, democratization, new global challenges. 1960"s- 1970"s- european decolonization: what might foster economic development and political stability in latin america,
