Samenvatting Politieke wetenschap Universiteit Leiden jaar 1 Bachelor Politicologie blok 4
Summary political science
Lecture 1:
This was largely an introduction to the field with no real information that you should know for the exams.
Lecture 2:
Terminology
Analytical political theory: study of concepts, ideas and values who are used to describe and explain = conceptualizing
Political theory: a combination of analytical, empirical and normative theories
Normative political theory: How politics should be
Normative political science: The use of theories about how politics should be
Empirical
Facts
Describe and explain
observational analysis
Normative
Values
How it should be
prescribing and evaluation
Argumentational analysis
Lijphart:
Empirically descriptive:
The Netherlands is a segmented but stable state.
Empirically explanatory:
The Netherlands is stable because it has a consensus democracy
Normative prescribing:
Segmented states should become a consensus democracy
Normative evaluated:
Consensus democracy is better for stability than a competitive democracy.
Lecture 3: ontology and epistemology
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