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normative political theory  

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  • Political theory deals with the creation of good governing institutions according to some principle and the assessment of what the institutions do. Virtually by definition, assessment of institutions requires resolving issues in political theory and more or less simultaneously issues in social science. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Political Science; Normative Political Theory]

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