discipline based approach

Question 1

what are the discipline based approaches

Answer 1

1. political economy
2. political behaviour
3. political sociology
4. political geography
5. political philosophy

Question 2

what is the political economy approach

Answer 2

politics and economics

liberalism vs marxism

Question 3

what is liberalism

Answer 3

individuals as a unit of analysis
superiority of the market, which created opportunities
emphasis on individual and economic rights

Question 4

what is marxism

Answer 4

class as a unit of analysis
economy determinant to the last instance
societal values reflects capitalist Economy
emphasis on class dynamics as a sole mechanism of organising society
supported colonialism
thinks that class is only social determinant and not race

Question 5

what is the political behaviour approach

Answer 5

politics and psychology
how people behave in crowds and in mass contexts
political socialisation , learning norms of behaviour and values

Question 6

what is political sociology

Answer 6

politics and sociology
preoccupied with socio-political identities such as race , gender , class etc

Question 7

what is political geography

Answer 7

politics and human geography
seeks to answer the agrarian question
land expropriation of black african land during colonialism wasn’t just physical it was cognitive appropriations of colonisers by giving new names to the land

Question 8

what is political philosophy/theory

Answer 8

politics and philosophy
concerned with normative questions regarding the the role of the state and its various institutions
asks questions like: how should wealth be shared in a modern society

Question 9

what is a fact - value dichotomy

Answer 9

fact: what is , descriptive, empirical , bolstered by behaviouralist approach
value : what ought to be , normative, older, bolstered by political philosophy

Question 10

what did GE Moore do

Answer 10

tried to define what “ good” is