ITS 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Constitutional Monarchy, Liberal Democracy, Comparative Politics
19 Dec 2017
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Questions in political science must always be political in nature. Politics: concerns human interactions involving power and conflict. Power is essential because political issues always involve winners and losers. An issue isn"t political if no one disagrees, it"s consensual. International studies is not the same as international relations. Comparative politics mainly refers to the study of domestic politics outside of the united states. Communism: refers to a government that monopolizes all aspects of society. Socialism: today refers to one party regimes that use some capitalism. Constitutional monarchies: refers to governmental systems where monarchs are the head of state while parliament runs governmental affairs. +presently, monarchs have almost no role in most states that still have constitutional monarchies. The arab spring of 2011 was an anti-authoritarian, grassroots movement. Fascism: refers to a dictatorship of one party with a single leader. +this is the furthest right any governmental system can go on the political spectrum.
