Goal – to understand ST and Structural-functional approaches. To analyze how the textbook relates to our method of comparison.

1. Questions from homework? 2. Politics – quick review of definition3. Review A&P’s S-F approach – groups will

a) Use US to develop statements correctly using the 1st 26 glossary terms AR # 6 p 20

b) complete Structural-functional approach pre-quizc) draw an S-F diagram for the US system

4. How does Kesselman fit with the ST’s – look at each of the four themes and explain how they connect to the ST’s

5. Read The Rogue that Plays by the Rules and highlight examples of S-F and ST terms and concepts.

AP Comp Day 6 – How and WHAT will we compare?

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By Craig TimbergWashington Post Foreign ServiceFriday, September 7, 2007; Page A01

MBITA, Kenya -- Family gatherings for Collins Omondi once were boisterous affairs here on the verdant shores of Lake Victoria. But in just 11 years, AIDS has killed seven of his uncles, six aunts, five cousins and both his parents. His extended family now consists of one surviving uncle, an aunt and their 2-year-old child -- all of whom have AIDS.

Omondi, 28, a tall, broad-shouldered fish trader, has come to believe that a quirk of culture contributed to the decimation of his family. They were Luos, members of the only major tribe in Kenya that does not routinely circumcise boys. The absence of this ritual, Omondi said, helps explain why Luos are dying from AIDS at a rate unheard of among other Kenyans and rare in East Africa.

Politics is the processes, actions and relationships between individuals and groups to make collective decisions. Usually these are focused on answering the questions: Who gets what(of scarce resources), when, where and how? How does “who” get decided?

Therefore, if the above is an acceptable answer to what is politics, then what conclusions can we draw about what needs to be studied in order to understand politics and comparative politics?

But politics are also the effects of the answers to these questions – Conflict arises over the answers to the above two questions and politics are also the management of these different, and resultant conflicts

Politics- the art or science of obtaining and maintaining power – the art or science of governing

articulationaggregation

Policy makingimplementation

Policy functions

System Functions

Foreign state

1. World of states – analyzing at the political divisions globally by studying the natural division of the nation-state. When doing this analysis, we must look at:

A. the internal operation of the state, ST II

B. the effects of the international community ST IV

C. regime typological comparison, ST I and II

D. Effects of globalization including supranational institutions. ST I and II

E. Historical development – ST I

2. Governing the Economy –

A. ST 1 (sovereignty and belief systems),

B. STII institutions that affect and are affected by the economy,

C. ST IV – economic change,

D. ST V public policy because most public policies are really related to economics.

Kesselman’s Four Themes:

3. The Democratic Ideal – analyzing the role of the process of democratization in each country, the effect of the democratizing idea spreading throughout the world, the extent to which a state has democratized

A. ST 1 – belief systems about government and politics

B. ST II regime type and the differences within democratic regimes

C. ST III role of the citizen, methods and means and efficacy of interest articulation

D. ST IV how democratization has occurred and what the future holds relative to the depth and longevity of democratic ideal.

E. ST V effect of all of the above on specific public policies.

4. Politics of collective identity – this is essentially a focus on ST III citizen society and the state. Varying aspects of identity also connect to ST I re: idea of national identity and sovereignty and to ST II regarding the effect on political institutions, especially interest groups and political parties.

Kesselman’s Four Themes:

Substantive Topics and AP Terminology

Sovereignty, Authority, Power,

Political Institutions

Citizens, Society & State

Political and economic Change

Public Policy

P34 source of power can be limited by constitutional regimes

P35 – elites and elite systems equates to gov’t structures and electoral systems

P34 – structures – equitable distribution builds support

P37 – political participation

P34 – institutionalization is a method of system change

OutcomesPolicy Functions

P 34 – change gradual or violent dependent on typology

P35 – cultural approach, also S-F system functions – policy affected by political culture/socialization

P37 – S-F inputs and articulation – who is involved in inputs – interest groups

P 42 cultural approach – discussion of political culture’s effects on system