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ERead: Easton

Since we are going to study politics,
maybe the first question should be:


What do we mean by the term politics?

Political scientist Harold Lasswell said politics is about:

who gets what, where, when, why and how


We're going to adopt a definition from another political scientist named David Easton.  According to Easton, politics is:

the authoritative allocation of values for society


How will we explore this situation?

From theoretical, comparative and empirical perspectives !!!!!!


The Keys to Our Exploration?  The "great" concepts":

power

organization

culture

system

comparison