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    Politics is the process through which power and influence are used in the promotion of certain values and interests. Political analysis seeks to describe and then to explain politics. Political Science seeks to increase the clarity and accuracy of our understandings about the political world.

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    Politics is the process through which power and influence are used in the promotion of certain values and interests. Political analysis seeks to describe and then to explain politics. Political Science seeks to increase the clarity and accuracy of our understandings about the political world.

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    Politics and Knowledge

    Chapter One
    Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Longman 2011

    On Politics
    Politics is defined in a variety of ways:
    Exercise of power Determination of who gets what, when, and how Public allocation of things that are valued Resolution of conflict Competition among individuals and groups pursuing their own interests Overall:
    Politics is the process through which power and influence are used in the promotion of certain values and interests

    Types of Political Knowledge


    Political analysis
    The attempt to describe and then to explain politics It seeks to answer the what, how, and why questions

    Political science
    A set of techniques, concepts, and approaches whose objective is to increase the clarity and accuracy of our understandings about the political world

    Three general types of political knowledge:


    Description Explanation Prescription

    Sources of Political Knowledge


    Three important sources of political knowledge:
    Authority
    Specific authority sources General authority sources Everyone as authority Problems Rationality Intuition Personal experience Problems

    Personal thought

    Science

    Sources of Political Knowledge: Science


    Four essential characteristics of the scientific method:
    Entails a search for regularities in the relationships among phenomena Is empirical in that it is concerned with phenomena that can be observed, or at least measured Is cumulative in nature Is testable

    Political Knowledge of Different Age Groups: Applying the Scientific Method to Politics

    Political Science
    Comparative politics American politics International relations Political theory Boundary-spanning hybrids
    Political anthropology Political economy Political psychology Political sociology Biopolitics

    Political Science and Political Knowledge


    Some argue that political science is not a real science Do politics and science go together? Are generalizations possible?
    Debate in 1

    Political Science as a Means of Understanding the Political World


    Desirable to use systematic and analytic thinking Importance of shared knowledge
    We need methods to reach some interpersonal agreement about political facts

    Enables us to develop:
    Better concepts Improved methods Sound generalizations

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