Friday, June 30, 2006

Textbook Assignment 1

These are the questions for the textbook assignment we went over in class. These questions may appear on your exam. We will go over the answers to these questions on Monday.

Chapters 1,2

1. Why do some people dislike the concept of political power?
2. What is the political concept of legitimacy?
3. What are two reasons why politics isn't quantifiable?
4. What are the traditional hallmarks of scholarship?
5. What is the difference between a primary source and a secondary source?
6. What is the difference between something that is descriptive and something that is normative?
7. What is a social contract?
8. What was the most important factor in society according to Karl Marx?
9. What is the theory of positivism?
10. What is rational-choice theory?

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