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What does a normative question do? - Asks how politics should work
- Evaluates politics against some ideal standard
- Its subfield is "political philosophy"
What does it mean to study politics scientifically? Studying politics scientifically means we have a systematic connection
between theories and facts, and are transparent about our methods.
What does a positive question do? - Asks how politics does work
- Seeks to describe and explain political life
- Its subfield is most of the others, including our focus
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Terms in this set (37)
What does a normative question do? - Asks how politics should work
- Evaluates politics against some ideal standard
- Its subfield is "political philosophy"
What does it mean to study politics scientifically? Studying politics scientifically means we have a systematic connection
between theories and facts, and are transparent about our methods.
What does a positive question do? - Asks how politics does work
- Seeks to describe and explain political life
- Its subfield is most of the others, including our focus
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