9/5/2013

9/5/2013

Causal Relationships
1. Small End Comparison
2. Economic Approach
  1. Assume that people's politics are based on their class position
  2. Political outcomes based on distribution of economic power
  3. Ex:Democracy made possible through industrial growth
  4. Con: Economic approach sometimes underestimates noneconomic interests and drives
  5. Con: People like money, but also other things. Power. Security. Culture. Religion
  6. Con: Doesn't take politics into account
3. Cultural Apporach
  1. Ideas/Values at the middle
  2. Project the assumption that everyone functions economically the same
  3. Muslim voters in pakistan should function differently from catholics in the US
  4. Culture is a cognitive lense that shapes the way we see the world
  5. Max weber argues culturally for capitalism in terms of protestantism
  6. Cultures Change Slowly. Politics change quickly.
  7. The Cultural Approach has difficulty explaining it
4. Institutional Approach
  1. The rules procedures organizations that structure political life. The rules of the political game
  2. Determine parameters of the political game
  3. How the rules of the game affect political behaviour and outcome
  4. These rules often matter MORE than Economic and cultural conditions
5. Structural Approaches
6. Volunteerist/leadership Approach
  1. Takes individuals and their needs into account.
7. Which approach is most important. Structuralist or Volunteerist?
There are exceptions to every theory
No labs except the real world. It's messy
Accidents
Many factors difficult to account for
Don't throw out a theory just because it doesn't work in a specific case!
Think of Theories in Probabilistic terms

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