1. Power and Choice

2. And so it begins… Why do we need this class? Empirical research
Applied v. pure
Winners and losers
Who votes?
Human rights repression
Judicial decision-making
Effects of campaign ads

3. Politics
What is it?
The making of common decisions for a group of people through the exercise of power by some members of the group over others
Why are we so fascinated?

4. Collective Action What is collective action?
Why does it work/why does it not work?

5. Power What is power? Coercion, persuasion, construction of incentives
How does it relate to authority?
Manifest v. implicit?
Does it matter which is used?
Hard to analyze
Hunter v. Dahl v. Bachrach and Baratz v. Digeser

6. How Do Power and Choice Relate?
Two viewpoints:
Politics consists of public choice
Politics consists of the use of power
Voting example
Which is right? When? Why?

7. So, Again, What is Political Science?
Politics of the state
Interpretive v. Behaviorialist
Theory
Empirical v. normative

8. The Field American Comparative IR PA/Policy Theory
Political behavior, institutions, public law, state/local
Comparative IR
PA/Policy
Theory