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Politics
Setting the Stage: Chapter One
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What do Political Scientists study? | they study and analyze, try to keep emotions out and study all sides of an issue and define terms precisely. |
| Examples of politics | |
| making politics | A common decision for a group of people making choices. |
| The use of politics | power by one person or a group to effect the behavior of another. |
| Common Decision | |
| Exercise of power by any mean | a) coercion- to force b) persuasion-to convince someone c) construction of incentives-best interest to do it d) manifest and implicit- observe/hidden |
| Politics and Power | "all politics are form of power w/highly varied sources" |
| Power and Choice- | most issues have two or more views and most views have truth to them. |
| Politics of the State | |
| political science approaches | |
| political subfields |