They are my revision sheet I created while revising 4SSPP103. 4.SSPP103 Comparing Political Systems Essay – UK at King's College London. It covers most (if not all) the revision topics covered by the course. This includes: coalition theory, class cleavages, theories and methods, the executive, the legislature, the judiciary, nation states, democracies and authoritarian regimes, patterns and quality of democracy, interest groups, electoral systems, political parties, party systems, democratization, institutions and institutional analysis.
4SSPP103 Comparing Political Systems Essay – UK
Comparative politics is among the three major subfields of political science along with the study of international relations and theory of politics. While the field of political theory focuses on theories and normative questions and comparative political science deals primarily with empirical issues. Similar to international relations, it focuses on interactions within, not between political systems. It is a discipline that examines the core of the political system where sovereignty is situated (within in the state) and focuses on the place where power is held as well as the organisational structure of political systems, as well as important decisions that impact the entire community.
This is why it is one of the oldest fields of the field of political science. The course will introduce students to principles and techniques that are used in comparative research, as well as the diversity of political systems from around the globe, and both the informal and formal characteristics of the political actors, institutions as well as economies and relying on many country studies.
It is possible to argue there is a possibility that American president is not elected directly from the American people. Furthermore, a system known as"the Electoral College is used to choose the president. Every state has a state representative and are all represented by one of the two major political parties: Democrats as well as Republican. The people who represent them are chosen by the party's list. In this instance, it is the people the party believes would be likely to vote for its presidential candidate in every state. They are also known by the name of electoral voters are categorized by the amount of people living in the state. But, they are not necessarily voting for the party's representative. They may swing votes in favor of a the opposition of a party or any candidate. For instance, California has the most people of any state so it has the most electoral votes, which is 55. In reality, Americans does not vote for the presidential candidate, however, on the other hand they choose the electors. To be president, one must have at minimum the 270 votes required for electoral elections. The winner doesn't always depend on the popularity vote e.g. the case during the Bush-Gore election.
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