1. What sets the study of Political Science apart from the other social sciences?
2. Which of the theories about why some people exercise power over others do you feel is the best explanation? The worst??
3. What did Aristotle and Machiavelli contribute to political theory?
4. What was the main idea of the Contractualists? Where did they believe the power of government derived from?
5. What did Marx see as the determinant of politics?
6. What is the basic difference from institutional and behavioral theories of government?