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What is the study of political science about What is the study of political science about? How do we study political science?

Some well known ideas… The pursuit of the good “society” (Aristotle) The exercise of “power” (Machiavelli) The “processes” by which of things of value are “allocated” (Harold Lasswell) The resolution of “conflict” short of using force (Thomas Hobbes) The “competition” among individuals and groups (Robert Dahl) The “struggle” between groups to define what “reality” is within the public sphere (post-modern theory) … (http://www.pewresearch.org/fact- tank/2018/08/23/republicans-and-democrats-agree-they- cant-agree-on-basic-facts/)

A WORKING DEFINITION OF “POLITICS” Politics is the process… whether it be conflictual or consensual… through which power is used within and/or by and/or with impact on the public sphere… in the promotion of certain values , interests, or realities

HOW IS POLITICAL SCIENCE DIFFERENT THAN POLITICS? Political science is a discipline that is divided into “fields”: American politics, international relations, comparative politics, public policy, and political philosophy We’ll spend more time on looking at what makes political science a science, but for now let’s just observe that most political science is mostly empirical rather than normative. It typically seeks to focus on causal analysis (explanatory and predictive), And it typically relies on inference from a small set of cases to generalize.