POLS 1510 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Comparative Politics, Gross National Happiness, Scatter Plot
12 Feb 2016
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Introduction comparative politics: a subield of political science that studies similarities and diferences among countries" politics, why they exist, and the consequences they have learning from successes and failures to ind what works best and those that are inefective. The logic and practice of comparative politics hypothesis: proposed relationship among variables. An educated guess about how one thing afects another; present relationships that we expect to ind among variables. If, then statements dependent variable: what the analyst is trying to explain; what the independent variable acts on independent variable: the agent of change in a hypothesis. Visions of the good society: gross national product and gross national happiness the capabilities approach: argues that societies should be evaluated according to the freedoms their members enjoy to develop their potential in ways they value. Physical well-being includes nourishment, health care, housing suicient to support a long life. Making good choices depends on the access to information and skills to understand its meaning.
