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CLEP Political Science
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1. Situation of stability - no party has incentive and ability to undermine the regime (Causes: cultural or economice - or military culture) - (Int'l Factors: U.S. foreign policy - Soviet foreign policy - Changes to Catholic doctrine - EU accession - G
Consolidation
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Political Theory
(Civil) Society
2. A historical exploration of the major contributions to political thought from the ancient Greeks to the contemporary theorists. It also involves the philosophical and speculative consideration of the political world.
Terrorism
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
Economics
Political Theory
3. Hypotheses based on what has been observed.
Observational Laws
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Social Movements
Gender as a Category
4. The identities that can become political are those formed very early in life or perhaps vaguely racial/genetic. Struggles to explain (rapid) cultural change - or which identities become politicized
Primordialism
Civic Engagement
Utilitarian Justification
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
5. how many seats are allotted to each electoral district
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
District Magnitude
Culture
Utilitarian Justification
6. Shared sets of meanings
Qualitative method
Democracy
Fascism
Culture
7. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Parliamentary supremacy - Number of chambers: Unicameral/weak bicameral - Federalism: Unitary
Contestation
Authority
Majoritarian
Culture
8. Public vs. private goods - Non-exclusivity. The owner can't deny access - Inexhaustability. The good is never used up - Jointness of supply. Its existence depends on our combined contribution; truly 'collective' - Free riding. We generally fail to co
Fascism
Culture
Collective action problem: causes
Bureaucracy
9. Political violence by non-state actors against civilian targets
political equality
Terrorism
Empirical Knowledge
Advantages of Social Movements
10. Comparative Politics - International Relations - American Politics - (normative) theory or Political Philosophy
Advantages of Social Movements
Threshold
Subfields of Political Science
Solidarity
11. Energy or righteous zeal wins large numbers of participants - Nimble in framing issues and changing tactics
Politics
Quantitative
Advantages of Social Movements
Political Factors of Strong States
12. No or low citizen accountability ('subjects' rather than 'citizens') - Reciprocal relationship between leader and selectorate - Totalitarianism vs. authoritarianism
Three types of Political Organization
Non-democratic regimes
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Patronage
13. Analyzing the data that has been collected and offering plausible general principles that can be drawn from what has been observed.
Conservatism
Majoritarian
Theories
Consensual
14. Long-lived - Extreme lack of social pluralism - Well-defined ideology - Against capitalism - Based on Marxist arguments about class solidarity - economic determinism - Socialism run amok?
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Communism
Authoritarianism
Sovereignty
15. it works better in the long run - less risk/variability
Empirical Knowledge
Fascism
Utilitarian Justification
Political Theory
16. Historical origins. Failure of liberalism to address shortcomings of capitalist industrialization; Marx - Central assumption: All persons are of equal value - but they cannot develop themselves alone
Socialism
Comparative Government
Classic Liberal Argument
Qualitative method
17. Warfare and military technology - Economic: development of trade and manufacturing and new financial/fiscal instruments - Cultural: Enlightenment - (There are also Environmental/geographic factors)
Political Party
Political Factors of Strong States
Method of Inference
Classic Liberal Argument
18. Any identity that significantly shapes our political decisions
Political Identity
Gender as a Process
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Political Factors of Strong States
19. Ideology An ideology that seeks the active reshaping of minds of individuals and believes this can/must be done by force - Coercive mobilization - No social or political pluralism
Liberalism
Political Theory
Utilitarian Justification
Totalitarianism
20. The mathematical formula used to allocate the seats according to the vote - Plurality or 'first-past-the-post' - various PR formulas - such as D'Hondt - largest remainders - St. Lague - etc.
Sovereignty
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Political Factors of Strong States
Disadvantages of Social Movements
21. Charismatic - Rational-legal - Traditional/patrimonial
Constitution
Theories
Political Factors of Strong States
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
22. Concentration vs. dispersal of power
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23. (Voluntary) allocation (production and distribution) of goods and services
Threshold
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Economics
Collective action problem: causes
24. A non-meritocratic system in which jobs and contracts are distributed according to partisan support - (The U.S. 'spoils system' of the 19th century')
Patronage
Observational Laws
Bureaucracy
Criticisms of Rational Choice
25. Utility: self-interest - but what constitutes self-interest? Material self-interest? Economics - Politics. Example: vote maximization - The gospel Failures of rationality - Really incomplete information & satisfaction - Intransitivity and other cogni
Participation
Theories
Criticisms of Rational Choice
Three types of Political Organization
26. A government with a one house legislature.
Primordialism
Majoritarian
Unicameral Legislature
State
27. Basically - density and quality of civil society
Observational/Evidential
Advantages of Social Movements
Civic Engagement
State
28. A subset of culture - based on our ability to attach labels to ourselves and others - or to define ourselves in terms of the groups we belong to - Some political examples: Partisan identity - Class identity - Ethnic identity - National identity
Primordialism
(Civil) Society
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
Identity
29. The organized study of government and politics. It borrows from the related disciplines of history - philosophy - sociology - economics - and law.
Majoritarian
Economics
Political Science
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
30. Efficiency vs. representativeness
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31. About agency: we deserve freedom and need to be held meaningfully accountable
classic Liberalism
Political Theory
Classic Liberal Argument
Sovereignty
32. Process tracing through case studies. Requires a well-developed theory and minute examination ('process tracing')
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Revolution
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Qualitative method
33. A consideration of how nations interact with each other within the frameworks of law - diplomacy - and international organizations such as the United Nations.
International Relations
Comparative Government
State Strength
Gender as a Category
34. You see a puzzle - You come up with a potential explanation (a 'theory') - You test it with evidence (data drawn from the 5 senses) - You share the results with others and get their feedback - Repeat steps 2 through 4 until you publish
Nation
Conservatism
Method of Inference
Unicameral Legislature
35. The set of relationships among parties in a country - Often categorized by the effective number of parties.
Classic Liberal Argument
Sovereignty
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
Party System
36. Hard to amass resources (money and information) - Short-lived - The dilemma of formalization
Disadvantages of Social Movements
District Magnitude
Three types of Political Organization
Contestation
37. Describes the principal characteristics of what has been studied.
State Strength
political equality
Observational/Evidential
Bureaucracy
38. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Judicial Review - Number of chambers: bicameral - Federalism: Federal
Consensual
Significance of Collective action problem
Party System
Constitution
39. Historical origins. A response to the old feudal order and the rise of modern capitalism - 'The highest good of society [is] the ability of the members of that society to develop their individual capacities to the fullest extent' (p. 26) One of the 3
Culture
Utilitarian Justification
Fascism
Liberalism
40. Think of this as gender as outcome; what factors - esp. political ones - lead to changes in gender roles? Key finding: politics does matter - especially who has an organized voice. Formal rules - number/identity of parties - etc.
Social Movements: Causes
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Observational Laws
Gender as a Process
41. 19th - in the United States and Western Europe.
Madison's dilemma
Political Identity
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Collective action problem: causes
42. A political system controlled by rulers who deny popular participation in government
Authoritarianism
Nation
Transition
Primordialism
43. Situation where all fully qualified citizens have an equal say
Participation
Primordialism
Political Violence
Theories
44. A political organization that primarily uses lobbying - Currency/instrument: money - information - numbers
Totalitarianism
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Social Movements
Interest Groups
45. An organization that seeks elective office - Currency/instrument: votes
Qualitative method
classic Liberalism
Political Party
Politics
46. A basic plan that outlines the structure and functions of the national government. Clearly rooted in Western political thought - it sets limits on government and protects both property and individual rights.
Constitution
Criticisms of Rational Choice
Terrorism
Authoritarianism
47. Think of this as 'gender as cause'. Gender roles change and/or mix of women in politics changes; what is the consequence? Key finding: having more women in public office changes the policy agenda - i.e. - more focus on women's issues
Gender as a Category
Political Science
Three types of Political Organization
Unicameral Legislature
48. Selective incentives - Small group size - Social (solidary) incentives - Homogeneity - Others? Duty and altruism? Love?
Politics
Observational Laws
Political Theory
Collective action problem: Solutions
49. Basically - synonymous for statistical method - Large numbers of observational data - 'Control' for confounding factors
Quantitative
Criticisms of Rational Choice
Communism
Utilitarian Justification
50. Compiling a body of data based on direct observation that can be utilized both to explain what has been observed and to form valid generalizations.
Empirical Knowledge
Advantages of Social Movements
Politics
Political Party