Political science L1 introduces the state, power, regimes, parties and electoral behaviour. Master Weber's three types of legitimate domination (traditional, charismatic, legal-rational) and his definition of the state as monopoly of legitimate violence. Aristotle's classical typology (monarchy, aristocracy, democracy and their corrupt forms) and Montesquieu's separation of powers ground the comparative study of regimes. Bernard Manin distinguishes democracy of notables, of parties, and the audience democracy. Maurice Duverger's laws link first-past-the-post with two-party systems, two-round majority with alliance-based multipartism, and proportional representation with independent multipartism. Three classical models explain voting: Columbia (Lazarsfeld, sociological variables), Michigan (Campbell, party identification), and rational choice (Downs).

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