Unit 1 Political Systems Regimes and Governments
The Practice of Political Scientists 1.1
Methods of Political Analysis
Quantitative Numerical at
I EisI EEri
Qualitative Descriptive ermine with
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Empirical Statements factual objective
Normative Statements Value opinion
Pattern or trend Use more than one data point to make the empirical
statement reflect the pattern or change over time
Political scientists use most often empirical information to apply
concepts support generalizations or make arguments
Economic Development
A peek of averment is teconomicg.ro
A growing economy means more job opportunities andhigher incomes
Government policies
regarding taxes tarrifs note or hinde
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Economic growth is measured using GDP
Gross Domestic Product total market value of all goods andservices
produced in an economy in a year
,Economic Growth Rate PersecagendDP how fast is theeconomygrowin
GDP per capita Economicoutput per person HDI Human Development Index
Gini in income distribution
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income equality
Transparency International A non governmental organization that is engaged in
fighting corruption and promoting integrity and accountability across the world
Themost important data they provide is the annual CorruptionPerceptionIndex
Failed StatesIndex The FSI measure isimportant to indicate which countries are
at risk of collapsing due to factors poverty corruption inequality weak governance
natural disasters
a country is more economically
developed
b As we can't the table that
CountryX's GDPper capita is
20 times higher than
Countryp a
aP
C Another indicator couldbe the
fact that in Country workforce in
agriculture is 371 whereas in country that number drops to hit meaning that
country X is more industrialized
Defining Political Organizations 1.2
, Political systems comprise the laws ideas and procedures that adress who
should have authority to rule and what the governmental
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Who has the right to make public policy
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Definition of a state States are political organizations that combine a
Dermanent population with governiginstitutions to exercise control over a define
territory with international recognition
Definition of a nation A nation is a group of people with
commonalities including race language religion ethnicity political identity
and aspirations An example of a nation without a state would
be the Kurds who would like to form Kurdistan takingterritory from
Iran Iraq Syria Turkey
Exp Define the concept of a state
A state is a political organization that maintains a defin
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How a nation differffoma state
A state is a set of institutions that maintain control over a given territory
retting
while a nation is a group of peopleboundby common traits such as racelanguage
and political identity aspirations
The Practice of Political Scientists 1.1
Methods of Political Analysis
Quantitative Numerical at
I EisI EEri
Qualitative Descriptive ermine with
99 on
Empirical Statements factual objective
Normative Statements Value opinion
Pattern or trend Use more than one data point to make the empirical
statement reflect the pattern or change over time
Political scientists use most often empirical information to apply
concepts support generalizations or make arguments
Economic Development
A peek of averment is teconomicg.ro
A growing economy means more job opportunities andhigher incomes
Government policies
regarding taxes tarrifs note or hinde
reegygnigsgrfff.ro
Economic growth is measured using GDP
Gross Domestic Product total market value of all goods andservices
produced in an economy in a year
,Economic Growth Rate PersecagendDP how fast is theeconomygrowin
GDP per capita Economicoutput per person HDI Human Development Index
Gini in income distribution
Effffed wit
income equality
Transparency International A non governmental organization that is engaged in
fighting corruption and promoting integrity and accountability across the world
Themost important data they provide is the annual CorruptionPerceptionIndex
Failed StatesIndex The FSI measure isimportant to indicate which countries are
at risk of collapsing due to factors poverty corruption inequality weak governance
natural disasters
a country is more economically
developed
b As we can't the table that
CountryX's GDPper capita is
20 times higher than
Countryp a
aP
C Another indicator couldbe the
fact that in Country workforce in
agriculture is 371 whereas in country that number drops to hit meaning that
country X is more industrialized
Defining Political Organizations 1.2
, Political systems comprise the laws ideas and procedures that adress who
should have authority to rule and what the governmental
ineffffy In apy.pe
Who has the right to make public policy
P
Lp
of
Fg
4 sovereignty independentlegal
a state s
authority over a populg ftp.aparticu
s
Definition of a state States are political organizations that combine a
Dermanent population with governiginstitutions to exercise control over a define
territory with international recognition
Definition of a nation A nation is a group of people with
commonalities including race language religion ethnicity political identity
and aspirations An example of a nation without a state would
be the Kurds who would like to form Kurdistan takingterritory from
Iran Iraq Syria Turkey
Exp Define the concept of a state
A state is a political organization that maintains a defin
config 8g
How a nation differffoma state
A state is a set of institutions that maintain control over a given territory
retting
while a nation is a group of peopleboundby common traits such as racelanguage
and political identity aspirations
