Approaches to Comparative Politics

Question 1

What are approaches to Comparative Politics

Answer 1

sets of attitudes, understandings and practices that define a certain way of doing political science

Question 2

What are 5 approaches to Comparative Politics

Answer 2

institutional approach, behavioural approach, structural approach, rational choice approach, interpretive approach

Question 3

What is the institutional approach

Answer 3

the study of political institutions

Question 4

What is the behavioural approach

Answer 4

the study of the behaviour of individuals

Question 5

What is the structural approach

Answer 5

the study of relationships between social groups

Question 6

What is the rational choice approach

Answer 6

the study of interactions between individuals where all individuals seek to maximise their own satisfaction

Question 7

What is the interpretive approach

Answer 7

the study of ideas within which politics operate

Question 8

What are three methods of comparison

Answer 8

case studies, focused comparisons (small-N), statistical analysis (large-N)

Question 9

What are case studies

Answer 9

a study examining only one example in detail providing a detailed examination of the phenomenon of wider interest in the political world

Question 10

What does the case study approach consider

Answer 10

processes through which these structures and organisations have developed and how these structures operate today