Week 1: introduction en Caramani introduction + chapter 1

Question 1

Eastons model

Answer 1

“Political system is that system of interaction in any society through which binding or authoritative allocations are made.”

Eastons model features a set of structures (institutions and agencies) whose decision-making function is to reach the collective and authoritative allocation of values (output: public policy) receiving support as well as demands (inputs) from the domestic as well as the international environment which it shapes through outputs in the feedback loop.

Question 2

Politics:

Answer 2

the human activity of making public authoritative decisions. It is the exercise of power of making these decisions, but also the process of acquiring and maintaining this power.

Question 3

Political institutions:

Answer 3

the organizations in a polity that create, enforce, and apply laws. They are the rules of the political game. They can be located on the input of the output side of the political system. Can be both formal and informal