THE NATURE AND MEANING OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Science is a discipline that is given the status of a social science. In fact‚ Aristotle (the ancient Greek philosopher) called it the Master of Science. He saw Political Science as the highest science because he thought all other sciences depend on it. But as one of the social sciences‚ Political Science lacks a universally unified and acceptable definition as scholars have different approaches to its meaning. From its origin‚ “the term politics
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What is Political economy? * No widespread agreement of what; but understood in three ways- those who see PE as an interaction of existing disciplines‚ those who see it as a set of questions‚ and those who see it as a method of analysis: Interaction of existing disciplines: * Starting point is that as capitalism develops politics and econ becoming increasingly interdependent. * Not only interdependence of domestic pol and national econ but also international pol and global econ
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the advantages and disadvantages of a comparative analysis of political participation The change in political participation is currently a hotly discussed topic. Low turnouts in the 2001 and 2005 UK general elections‚ along with falling membership of political parties have led political organisations to discover the reasons for this (BBC‚ 2006). One method is to use comparative analysis. This “is about comparing aspects of countries’ political systems” (Dobson‚ 2005‚ p.140) to try to understand
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Overall‚ individuals who are perceived as deviant or political deviant are viewed as someone who is bad mostly due to how they are depicted by the media and challenge norms. This class took a different look at deviance and political deviance and viewed it is something that is good rather than something that is bad. It is important to understand what the terms deviant and political deviant before going into detail on who is perceived as one or how they become one in the first place. Deviance and protest
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Sociology and Political Science: As a mother of social sciences Sociology has close and intimate relationship with all other social science. Hence it has close relationship with political science as well. Their relationship is so close and intimate that led G.E.C. Catlin to remark “Political Science and Sociology are two faces or aspects of the same figure.” Similarly other scholars could not find any difference between the two disciplines. Sociology is a Science of society. It is a science of social
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Discuss the political consequences of globalisation. Today’s world is faced with various questions concerning political affairs such as peace‚ legislation‚ policymaking‚ and cooperation between states and even societies. But one of the fundamental dilemmas of the contemporary times is undoubtedly the question of globalisation. This phenomenon is based on numerous worldwide exchanges in the field of economy‚ social life‚ culture‚ ideology and the environment- all of these elements leading to certain
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THE ORGANIZATION AS A POLITICAL SYSTEM OVERVIEW: The Political perspective brings into sharp focus some aspects of the organization that are very different from those we see using the Strategic Design lens. Where the Strategic design lens sees the organization as a social system deliberately constructed to achieve overarching strategic goals‚ the Political lens sees it as an arena for competition and conflict among individuals‚ groups‚ and other organizations whose interests and goals differ
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Abuse (Political Corruption) Abuse‚ within the context of political corruption‚ is the wanton neglect of duty in the pursuit of other motivations. More specifically‚ it is the use of influence or power for a purpose not originally intended‚ as judged by law‚ pragmatism‚ and culture. In order to categorize an activity as an abuse‚ there needs to be either a breach of jurisdiction or a breach in the extent a power is exercised within the correct jurisdiction. For example‚ in Bai Ganyo: Incredible
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DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY POL S 215 – SECTION 3: INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT FALL 2013 MONDAY‚ WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY 2:10 PM – 3 PM 1652 GILMAN Instructor: Dr. Valerie Hennings vmh@iastate.edu Office: 545 Ross Hall Office Hours: 9 - 11:30 a.m. Tuesday & Thursday and by appointment Teaching Assistant: Bobbi Newman bnewman@iastate.edu Office: 515 Ross Hall Office Hours: 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Monday‚ Wednesday & Friday and by appointment
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HABANEZ‚ 2013. Critical Discourse Analysis of Political Campaign Ads and Speeches. AB English Thesis. College of Arts in Sciences‚ University of Southern Mindanao‚ Kabacan‚ Cotabato. Adviser: RICELI C. MENDOZA‚ PhD The study aimed to analyze the different political campaign ads and speeches of the candidates running for a certain office and employed the Critical Discourse Analysis framework. Specifically‚ it sought to analyze the linguistic features of political campaign ads and speeches‚ determine
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