1 - Intro to Political Science

Question 1

What is political science?

Answer 1

1) Governance
2) Policy-making
3) Evaluate, criticize, question, act
4) Ethics

Question 2

3 types of questions?

Answer 2

1) Descriptive - what and how
2) Explanatory - why things are this way
3) Normative - how should things be

Question 3

2 central questions of politics

Answer 3

1) Who gets what

2) Says who?

Question 4

5 big ideas

Answer 4

1) State
2) Political authority
3) Democracy
4) Liberty
5) Distributive justice