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