Approaches of PS 1
Approaches of PS 2
Approaches of PS 3
Institutions
Institutions
100

It analyses to what extent moral values and principles are applied into daily politics

Normative Theory

100

It is considered the second revolution of political science

Rational Choice

100

Utilitarianism, deontological liberalism and communitarianism are the most important strands of this approach

Normative Theory

100

He proposed the idea of "Political System" to study politics from a more dynamic perspective

David Easton

100

Autocracy is a type of 

Regime

200
Analytic tools of Institutionalism

Descriptive-inductive

Formal-legal

Historical-comparative

200

These are considered some of the main authors of the Rational Choice approach

Downs, Olson


200

Game theory is acknowledged as one of the tools of this approach

Rational Choice

200

Inputs are constituted by

Demands and support

200

Outputs are constituted by

Governmental programs, public policies and politization

300

It is considered the first revolution of political science

Behaviouralism 
300

One of the main neo-institutionalists authors

Douglass North

300

Its an interpretative and post-modernist approach

Discourse analysis

300

Parlamentarism is a type of

Government

300

It refers to the rules and values regarding the access and exercise of power

Regime

400

This approached introduced the use of statistics into political science

Behaviouralism

400
Patriarchy is one of the main concerns of this approach

Feminism 

400

An approach that, similarly to microeconomics, considers that political actors are oriented to maximize of their benefits 

Rational Choice

400
Democracy is a type of

Regime

400

Presidential is a type of 

Government

500

It is concerned with the meta-narrative and the meanings that shape politics

Discourse analysis 
500

It is concerned with the formal and informal rules that shape politics

Institutionalism

500

Modern jobs analysis, deconstruction of language and overcoming a duality, are some of the tools of this approach

Feminism 

500

It is mainly constituted by the Executive branch

Government

500

The place where students prepare for their Friday classes 

Capital

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