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Title: Norris Theories


1
Norris Theories
  • Mark Stephan
  • Political Behavior
  • PS 417

2
Last class and Todays Class
  • Decline and the 2004 election
  • Norris Theories
  • In the news..

3
Following up something from last class
  • Human development index
  • Political development index
  • Political institutions, organizations, and
    individual behaviors data
  • Looking at the figurestypical and non-typical
    examples

4
Societal Modernization
  • What is it?
  • From where does the idea come?
  • What are its stages?
  • At what stage is the U.S.? Indonesia? Zambia?
  • Does it increase the chance of activism?
  • What does it help us to understand?

5
State Structure
  • What does Norris mean by state structure?
  • Examples
  • What does it help us to understand?
  • Any questions?

6
Mobilizing Agencies (and Agents)
  • Sound familiar?
  • Agencies? Examples.
  • Agents? Examples..
  • Social capital..
  • What does it help us to understand?
  • Interactions with state structure

7
Resources and Motivations
  • Again, sound familiar?
  • Anything new here?
  • Resources
  • Motivations
  • Helps to explain what?
  • Political alienation does it hurt participation?

8
Putting it all together
  • Figure 2.1 page 20
  • Macro, meso, micro
  • Which theories are right?

9
News Flash!!
  • Zimbabwe begins its elections
  • Creative protesting in Portland
  • Other news?
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