answering from the documentary
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a. Time
b. Individuals
c. Process
d. Ideas
e. Culture (shared meanings)
f. State
While doing this think about what theoretical approach might be best to explain Russian politics. From the Lecture Theoretical approach in comparative politics: 1. Institutional ( Macro)(History, process, time, causality with time, structure “executive, judiciary , legislative”) 2. Rational Choice (Individuals , Rationality- Strategy, Formal Model, President> future, Economics> utility) 3. Culture Approaches *Micro/ Marco* (Shared values >norms, beliefs} , Civic engagement, Political social identity, Political ritual) 4. Constructive (Ideas, Processes, language> rhetoric)