What was the polis in ancient Greece?
A city-state of free citizens organized by laws and cults.
What did Politika refer to in ancient Greece?
The public affairs of the Greek polis.
What constitutes a battle for access to power including elections?
The exercise of power and partisan struggles.
Which institutions illustrate sites where political power is exercised?
The British Parliament and the Chinese assembly.
What does political freedom allow in the public sphere?
It allows organizing collective life.
What do distributive issues concern in society?
How resources are allocated through public sphere decisions.
How do feminist perspectives view the private-public division?
As a form of male domination.
What is the objective of political science as a discipline?
The scientific study of political phenomena.
What does axiological neutrality mean in political science?
Conducting a scientific approach without making value judgments.
Which events exemplify war and social conflict in the course?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki for war; May 1968 for social conflict.
Answer 9 questions on Foundations of Political Science.
1. What did the polis represent in ancient Greece?
2. What did the term politika refer to in ancient Greece?
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