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Lectures Comparative political: Lecture I introduction to comparative political systems such as why do we need to compare, how do we compare (description, explanation, prediction). | COMPARATIVE POLITICAL SYSTEMS – LECTURE I INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICAL SYSTEMS I. Why do we need to compare II. How do we compare Description Explanation Prediction I. Why do we need to compare See a wide range of alternatives Develop explanations and test hypotheses of ways in which political systems work Understand the conditions of political change Not possible to conduct “controlled experiments” Understand virtues and shortcomings of our own system Comparison is fundamental to all thought and constitutes the methodological core of the scientific method I. WHY DO WE NEED TO COMPARE II. HOW DO WE COMPARE 3 steps in making a comparison Description Explanation Prediction II. HOW DO WE COMPARE 1. Description Need a set of concepts that are clearly defined and well understood. The easier to understand and the more generally to be applied, the more helpful to the study of politics Describe political system a set of institutions and agencies concerned with formulating and implementing the collective goals of a society or of groups within it. 3 factors to a political system: A. the system B. Its structure C. Its function Factors to a political system A. The system Governments are the policymaking parts of political systems. Decisions of governments are normally backed up by legitimate coercion; obedience may be compelled A political system receives both international and domestic inputs Itnl: + Exchanges among countries may vary in many ways: small to great. + Interdependence has increased enormously in the last decades. Domestic: + Economic, social and geographic systems + Political culture of its citizens Factors to a political system B. Its structure The structure of a political system is the operation machine which organizes and arranges activities of the government. One example of a structure could include parliaments, bureaucracies, administrative agencies, and courts A structure performs functions, which in turn enable the government to . | COMPARATIVE POLITICAL SYSTEMS – LECTURE I INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICAL SYSTEMS I. Why do we need to compare II. How do we compare Description Explanation Prediction I. Why do we need to compare See a wide range of alternatives Develop explanations and test hypotheses of ways in which political systems work Understand the conditions of political change Not possible to conduct “controlled experiments” Understand virtues and shortcomings of our own system Comparison is fundamental to all thought and constitutes the methodological core of the scientific method I. WHY DO WE NEED TO COMPARE II. HOW DO WE COMPARE 3 steps in making a comparison Description Explanation Prediction II. HOW DO WE COMPARE 1. Description Need a set of concepts that are clearly defined and well understood. The easier to understand and the more generally to be applied, the more helpful to the study of politics Describe political system a set of institutions and agencies concerned with formulating and .