LEVELS OF ANALYSIS I.

International System System-level actors (national, supranational) Number of major powers or poles Concentration of power (equilibrium, disequilibrium) Norms of behavior Geographic characteristics Factors that cause int'l system to change (change in # or power of major actors, technology, domestic factors, etc.) II. Nation-State Domestic political system (democratic vs. nondemocratic systems) Policy situations Types of policy issues Political culture (values, historical traditions, etc.) Subnational actors (political leadership, bureaucracies, legislatures, political opposition, interest groups, the people) III. Individual Nature-of-Humankind (characteristics of decision making, psychological factors, biological factors) Humans-as-Individuals (personality, physical and mental health, ego and ambition, political and personal, perceptions/misperceptions)