comparative politics

Question 1

what is comparative politics

Answer 1

master sub field of political science

Question 2

what did comparative politics do to discipline of politics

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enabled it to become more scientific
arrive at conclusions that are universally validIn Comparative Politics, we move from the General to the Partic- ular, thus using a deductive method of reasoning.

Question 3

what does the British school of political science emphasise

Answer 3

philosophy

political theory - normative

Question 4

what does american school of politics emphasise

Answer 4

comparative politics

statistics

Question 5

what are the two types of statements

Answer 5

ideographic

nomothetic

Question 6

what is an ideographic statement

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validity limited by time and space

non scientific

Question 7

what is a nomothetic statement

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Validity is trans-cultural and trans historical

scientific

Question 8

what is the case study method

Answer 8

generalize a series of individual cases to reach a universally valid conclusion , apply to specific situation
universe is the category or set of cases that are of relevance to a particular inquiry

Question 9

what is inductive reasoning

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Move from the particular to a general case

Extrapolate from a general case

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what is deductive reasoning

Answer 10

Move a general rule/statement to particular case
Extrapolate from a general case
Apply to a specifi􏰃c case using general categories

Question 11

how does the case study method work

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1. To downsize the universe to a representative yet manageable sample or set of cases.
2. To choose which particular cases(those that are representative, generalis- able and useful).

Question 12

what are the 5 different types of cases

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• archetypical
• prototypical
• representative
• deviant
• crucial

Question 13

archetypical

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best defi􏰃nes the universe/category.

It gives the universe its set of characteristics and de􏰃ning features.

Question 14

Prototypical Case

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on its way􏰁 to becoming an archetype(in due course).

Question 15

The Representative Case

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is typical and representative of the universe/category.generalisable and are able to be used to arrive at universally valid conclusions.
Postulation by substitution

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postulation by subsitution

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generalisable and are able to be used to arrive at universally valid conclusions.

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The Deviant Case

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betrays the conclusions widely accepted about a cer- tain category/universe.

Question 18

The Crucial Case

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1. The Least Favourable condition(in which it is seemingly most unlikely for the conclusion to hold true).
2. The Most Favourable condition(the ideal situation).
   makes conclusion stronger