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Contextual Descripton
- -"Thick Description"
- -Attempts to explain a wide range of factors deemed important for a particular context or contexts (country, historical event, a particular social group)
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Normative Theory
- -The realm of political philosophy
- -"What ought to be"
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Empirical Theory
Theory designed to explain the relationship between 2 or more variables
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Inference
- The attempt to use observations of facts to explain something that may not be directly observable
- -Inference is what gives rise to political theories
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Units of Analysis
- -the objects of observation
- -countries, regional bodies, individual political leaders, electoral systems, etc.
- -should be directly comparable units
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Micro-level Analysis
explains political phenomena as a function of individuals' influence
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Macro-level Analysis
Explanations that derive from identification of structures that impact the political world (ex: Marxism)
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Meso-level Analysis
Mixes micro and macro and identifies "middle-level" structures such as institutions, that influence individual behavior, and vice-versa
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