Such theoretical and statistical predictions are generally based upon trends in research on bureaucracies or developed through the observations of codes and practices of the 4th branch of government (i.e. our Washington bureaucracy and civil servantry), the judicial branch, or Congress over time.
That particular Ken Meier seminar took place just prior to the Bush Cabinet and Clan taking over the White House the following January.
Within the earliest weeks of 2001, many of the stronger theories of IPE were targeted by this Bush-Cheney administration for testing at the international level.
Further, economic and balance of power theories between the second and first branches of government dating back to the Reagan era (and much earlier) were tested in the area of military spending, deficit spending, and social welfare privatization.
A FULL BLITZKRIEG ON THEORIES
In short, both America and the political scientific world have been shaken in the intervening period. The Bush-Cheney government has gone all out to test theory and to spend, spend, spend.
Right now, political science and the world are still trying to recover from the shake-up of the past eight years.
Here is a list of some of the theories taken on:
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