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From: Holden Rohrer <hr@hrhr.dev>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2020 11:11:32 -0400
Subject: added lecture two for Rich

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+Why study political science?
+Because it deeply affects governmental association and how we are
+situated in the world.
+
+Defun politics:
+    - The process of resolving conflicts and deciding "who gets what"
+      (Laswell)
+    - Power is politics
+        - Power modifies behavior.
+
+Concerns of a political scientist
+    - Patterns of events
+    - Three goals
+        - Description (history)
+        - Prediction
+            - Ex: what predicts war?
+                - Not resources, territory, or even previous war
+                - Borders
+        - Prescription
+            - Longest unfortified border in world is Canada+US
+
+Research and Methodology
+- Political Science tries to support its theories
+- Methodologies
+    - Logic
+    - Observation
+    - Quantitative Methods
+        - Mathematical modeling
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