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CLEP Political Science

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1. 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.






2. 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






3. All voluntary associations/all secondary associations






4. A formal document that sets up the basic rules of the political game






5. Analyzing the data that has been collected and offering plausible general principles that can be drawn from what has been observed.






6. 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.






7. Force + Legitimacy






8. Warfare and military technology - Economic: development of trade and manufacturing and new financial/fiscal instruments - Cultural: Enlightenment - (There are also Environmental/geographic factors)






9. Traditionally measured as capacity and autonomy






10. A consciously derived - coherent set of beliefs that offers a comprehensive political program






11. Long-lived - Extreme lack of social pluralism - Well-defined ideology - Against capitalism - Based on Marxist arguments about class solidarity - economic determinism - Socialism run amok?






12. Monarchies - Single-party regimes - Military regimes - Oligarchies - Theocracies - Personalistic regimes






13. equality in political decision making: one vote per person - with all votes counted equally






14. Also known as interpersonal trust & tolerance






15. Shorter-lived - Slightly less repressive - Ideology not so clear - In favor of capitalism - though with state involvement - Based more on Social Darwinism/racism/nationlsm - Conservatism run amok?






16. Energy or righteous zeal wins large numbers of participants - Nimble in framing issues and changing tactics






17. The rules about making the rules - often embodied in a constitution.






18. Hard to amass resources (money and information) - Short-lived - The dilemma of formalization






19. Territorial monopoly over the legitimate use of force. Refers to the government + the people + the territory ('the country')






20. Basically - density and quality of civil society






21. Situation where all fully qualified citizens have an equal say






22. A political system controlled by rulers who deny popular participation in government






23. 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






24. Process or moment of changing from one regime type to another Ex: Arab Springs (Causes: cultural or economice - or military culture) - (int'l factors: U.S. foreign policy - Soviet foreign policy - Changes to Catholic doctrine - EU accession - Globali






25. Utility maximization - Preferences: Comparability/Completeness - Transitivity - Probability - Incomplete information and uncertainty about future - Mathematical modeling






26. (Voluntary) allocation (production and distribution) of goods and services






27. Political parties - Interest groups - Social movements






28. Regime where the rulers are accountable to the ruled.






29. 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






30. No or low citizen accountability ('subjects' rather than 'citizens') - Reciprocal relationship between leader and selectorate - Totalitarianism vs. authoritarianism






31. The set of relationships among parties in a country - Often categorized by the effective number of parties.






32. Charismatic - Rational-legal - Traditional/patrimonial






33. A political organization that primarily uses lobbying - Currency/instrument: money - information - numbers






34. A non-meritocratic system in which jobs and contracts are distributed according to partisan support - (The U.S. 'spoils system' of the 19th century')






35. 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






36. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Judicial Review - Number of chambers: bicameral - Federalism: Federal






37. America's two ideologies (Liberal and Conservative) are two versions of classic liberalism






38. Hypotheses based on what has been observed.






39. 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.






40. 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






41. Use of method of inference to create generalizeable explanations






42. how many seats are allotted to each electoral district






43. State of nature (collective action problem) - Hobbes' solution: the social contract






44. A government with a one house legislature.






45. Identities are malleable - and anything can become politicized. Struggles to explain fundamental patterns in political identity or their grasp on our souls. Can't really explain which identities become politicized either






46. Any identity that significantly shapes our political decisions






47. 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.






48. monopoly over the legitimate use of force






49. In social movements - rational choice and culture come together - Culture: the sense of a righteous - popular will that has been subverted ('framing'/'grievance') - Motivates collective action - But also determines the choice of organization and tact






50. An organization that seeks elective office - Currency/instrument: votes