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Appunti first semester political science
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- Political science focuses on empirical analysis and the study of government and politics, including institutions, processes, and behavior.
- POLITICAL SCIENCE IS AN EMPIRICAL SOCIAL SCIENCE THAT USES METHODS LIKE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND COMPARATIVE STUDIES TO UNDERSTAND REALITIES AND INSTITUTIONS.
- KEY CONCEPTS INCLUDE:
- CONCEPTS (for classification),
- MODELS (to simplify data),
- THEORIES (systematic explanations),
- PARADIGMS (broad sets of values and ideas).
- RESEARCH AIMS: DESCRIPTIVE, INTERPRETIVE, THEORETICAL, AND APPLIED RESEARCH TO EXPLAIN POLITICAL REALITY AND SUGGEST IMPROVEMENTS.
- POLITICS INVOLVES COLLECTIVE DECISION-MAKING FOR COMMUNITIES, WITH CHARACTERISTICS OF AUTHORITY, BOUNDARIES, AND GOALS.
- POWER HAS THREE DIMENSIONS:
- POWER OVER (influence decisions),
- POWER TO (achieve goals),
- PERSUASIVE POWER (manipulate perceptions).
- AUTHORITY IS BASED ON LEGITIMACY, EXERCISED BY INDIVIDUALS OR INSTITUTIONS AND CAN BE CHALLENGED.
- THE STATE IS AN ABSTRACT CONCEPT WITH AUTHORITY CLAIMING MONOPOLY OF PHYSICAL FORCE WITHIN A TERRITORY, ORGANIZED THROUGH GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS.
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