Explain the historical process by which political science research emerged. How did this new approach differ from the classical debates used by ancient Greeks?
Discuss the major complexities of studying cause and effect in political science. Can we ever be fully confident that we are explaining causality in our relationships of interest?
What sorts of characteristics make an empirical theory more useful or desirable?
In what ways can empirical and normative theories be used to complement one another? In what ways might they actually conflict with one another?
Discuss which factors were likely the most important to Zambia’s political transformation, in the years since its political independence.
