organizations Explaining political behavior a. Aspects 1. Sociological: context‚ networks 2. Psychological: personality(particular in leaders)‚‚ heuristics 3. Economic: rational actor b. Example of studies Dahl: community power study on decisions in three domains (political nomination urban redevelopment‚ public education) in a city Almond and Verba: Civic culture – political cultures (parochial‚ subject‚ participant‚ civic) of 5 countries Lau and Kuan‚ Wong : political culture of HK Chinese
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UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA SYLLABUS F O R THREE-YEAR HONOURS DEGREE COURSE OF STUDIES POLITICAL SCIENCE 2010 1 w.e.f. 2010-11 Syllabus for Three-Year B.A. (Honours) Course in POLITICAL SCIENCE Part I Paper I: POLITICAL THEORY: F.M. 200 100-Marks Unit I 1. What is Politics – Approaches to the study of Politics: Normative‚ Behavioural and Post-behavioural. Feminist views to Politics. 2. Theories of the State (a) Origin: Social Contract Theory; (b) Nature: Idealist‚ Liberal and Neo-liberal theories
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Identify important aspects of policy problems Suggest explanations for public policy and predict its consequences Selected Policy Models. INSTITUTIONALISM: POLICY AS INSTITUTIONAL OUTPUT Government institutions have long been a central focus of political science. Public policy is authoritatively determined‚ implemented‚ and enforced by these institutions. The relationship between public policy and government institutions is very close. Strictly speaking‚ a policy does not become a public policy until
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Interrelationship with others branches. History - the bond between the political scientist and the historian is obvious in the observation that "history is past politics and politics present history." The political scientist frequently adopts a "historical approach" and employs knowledge of the past when he seeks to interpret present and probable developments in political phenomena. Economics - until late in the 19th century‚ political science and economics (the study of the production‚ distribution‚ and
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that before seemed unshakable. In this case‚ not only the political picture of the world changed . At large numbers of people in different countries sense of global community‚ solidarity‚ public interest‚ human intimacy has been strengthened . Not surprisingly‚ that the rapid evolution of the global situation‚ the collapse of the bipolar system and fade into the background of ideological aspects confused scientists specializing in political predictions. Now‚ it is necessary not only to explain the
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Democratization: A Contractarian Approach." Comparative Political Studies 43.12 (2010): 1543-574. SAGE. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. <http://cps.sagepub.com/content/43/12/1543.full.pdf+html>. Introduction Ben Ansell and David Samuels‚ authors of the article‚ are Political Science professors at the University of Minnesota and have each published works through the renowned Cambridge University Press. This article was published in the Comparative Political Studies journal in 2010 and predominately focused
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The end of the 20th Century saw nearly a decade of evolution and alteration in all of the policy and applied social sciences. Concern for individual participation in group‚ workplace and community organization‚ long dominated by social psychologists and human relations experts‚ was shaken from a limited‚ theoretical focus under new challenges from political scientists‚ social activists and advocates who were committed to building capacity among the citizenry‚ community empowerment and‚ more globally
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growth of the Internet‚ thousands of Web sites exist with information on politics and government. The irony is that while the quantity of places we can go for political information continues to increase‚ the quality of that information has not. Recent voter turnout shows an American public with a general apathy toward government and the political process. If we continue to focus on innuendo instead of insight‚ we threaten to create even more public apathy. For everything a quick sound bite delivers
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The public concept of bureaucracy suggest the need for sweeping reforms in the public sector to avoid concentrating power on the in nonelected institution‚ to forge a strong link between citizens preference and government action‚ and to bring the political system generally into a closer embrace of democratic value (Ostrom 1985:242 public choice argues that such reform should rely on the introduction of market force into the arena of public service provision. Competition and choice in a market for public
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Realism Reconsidered The Legacy of Hans Morgenthau in International Relations This page intentionally left blank Realism Reconsidered The Legacy of Hans Morgenthau in International Relations Edited by Michael C. Williams 1 Great Clarendon Street‚ Oxford ox2 6 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research‚ scholarship‚ and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Auckland Cape
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