What is politics? - Studying politics - Approaches to the study of politics
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What does normative and objective mean?
Objective = External to the observer, demonstrable; untainted by feelings, values or bias
What was the meaning of studying politics in the philosophical tradition?
What is studying politics in the empirical tradition?
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What is the empirical approach of politics?
Led to positivism (stick to methods of the natural science).
What is the approach of behaviouralism?
But from 1960's: criticism. behaviouralism had constrained the scope of political analysis (only looking at the observable), concepts with no empirically verifiable entities were being discarded.
When did behaviourlism rise and why?
Why did behaviourlism come under growing pressure from the 1960s?
What were the main critics on rational-choice theory?
What is the game theory?
What are the 3 new ideas about rules from the new institutionalism?
2) Institutions are rather seen as unwritten conventions than formal arrangements
3) Institutions are more embedded in a particular normative and historical context
How are critical approaches to politics critical?
seek to uncover inequalities (feminism, marxism).
- they emphasize the role of consciousness in shaping social conduct and, therefore, the political world. Subject approaches to critical scrutiny (constructivism, poststructuralism).
What does post - postivism mean?
-> post - structalism emerged alongside. This emphasized that all ideas and concepts are expressed in a language which itself is enmeshed in complex relations of power
What doest discourse and deconstruction mean?
Deconstruction = A close reading of philosophical or other texts with an eye to their various blind spots and/or contradictions
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