psc102 section 2 - comparative politics
pair of foreign exchange students...nice (kazakstan and tunisia)
good number of FLIT
lot of elementary education students as well
horrible hum coming from the back of the room
Prof: Anne Marie Choup
we need to follow the damned news...wonder if i can get it in rss :/
no internet here until i hack a network
needs to be international news
have readings done before monday class starts
link to angel on main site

define very clearly
describe what we see
explain/analyze what we see in each case
predict
prescribe/policy

comparativists can take qualitative or quantitative approach, qual good for case studies, quan good for lots of different things and number crunching
qual is good for background, individual cases, b/c there isn't enough info or it is too hard to get to
institutions setup for efficiency, do opposite
political culture - controversial, used badly by political science
crap...i'm already zoning out
quarrels within each case - points of contention
not exploring the european union
institutions - watch terminoligy - countries - nation-state is more specific, nation is people, state is gov't structure/politics
hobbes wrote about why people have gov't, without, life would be short and would suck, thought absolute monarchy was the best way to go, dictatorship by consent
Locke - no fear of state of nature like hobbes, gov't could offer protection for property (estate, life, liberty), commonwealth - pool resources to protect selves
Rousseau - social contract - citizens should come together to establish structures and follow rules that come out of structures - give up decisionmaking to have collective protection