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CLEP Political Science
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1. 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
Social Movements
Political Identity
Socialism
Transition
2. 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
Madison's dilemma
Revolution
Constructivism
Social Movements: Causes
3. equality in political decision making: one vote per person - with all votes counted equally
political equality
Party System
Nation
Collective action problem: causes
4. Selective incentives - Small group size - Social (solidary) incentives - Homogeneity - Others? Duty and altruism? Love?
Collective action problem: Solutions
Regime type
Constitution
Solidarity
5. 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
Totalitarianism
Gender as a Process
Culture
Liberalism
6. 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.
Politics
Terrorism
Qualitative method
Constitution
7. State of nature (collective action problem) - Hobbes' solution: the social contract
Constitution
Social Movements: Causes
Party System
Why States/Governments
8. Efficiency vs. representativeness
9. The making of collectively binding decisions
Politics
Observational Laws
Party System
Political Party
10. Analyzing the data that has been collected and offering plausible general principles that can be drawn from what has been observed.
Theories
Regime type
Revolution
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
11. Utility maximization - Preferences: Comparability/Completeness - Transitivity - Probability - Incomplete information and uncertainty about future - Mathematical modeling
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Why States/Governments
Regime type
Authoritarianism
12. Process tracing through case studies. Requires a well-developed theory and minute examination ('process tracing')
Qualitative method
Party System
Collective action problem: causes
Non-democratic regimes
13. Charismatic - Rational-legal - Traditional/patrimonial
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Social Movements
Culture
Quantitative
14. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Judicial Review - Number of chambers: bicameral - Federalism: Federal
Madison's dilemma
Conservatism
Consensual
political equality
15. it works better in the long run - less risk/variability
Utilitarian Justification
Civic Engagement
Patronage
Authoritarianism
16. The organized study of government and politics. It borrows from the related disciplines of history - philosophy - sociology - economics - and law.
Economics
Party System
Primordialism
Political Science
17. Hypotheses based on what has been observed.
Civic Engagement
Consensual
Political Factors of Strong States
Observational Laws
18. About agency: we deserve freedom and need to be held meaningfully accountable
Science
Liberalism
Criticisms of Rational Choice
Classic Liberal Argument
19. A consciously derived - coherent set of beliefs that offers a comprehensive political program
Gender as a Process
Ideology
Majoritarian
Participation
20. when you must get a minimum percent of votes to have your votes count or (sometimes) to retain your party registration
Fascism
Conservatism
Threshold
Communism
21. Any identity that significantly shapes our political decisions
Interest Groups
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
Threshold
Political Identity
22. 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
Advantages of Social Movements
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Liberalism
Madison's dilemma
23. A formal document that sets up the basic rules of the political game
Quantitative
Constitution
Culture
Social Movements
24. Energy or righteous zeal wins large numbers of participants - Nimble in framing issues and changing tactics
Advantages of Social Movements
Classic Liberal Argument
Ideology
Nation
25. An identity-based community - where the identity is strong enough that we think we should probably be sovereign...
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Nation
Subfields of Political Science
Authority
26. 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
Threshold
Terrorism
Social Movements: Causes
Patronage
27. 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.
Gender as a Process
Economics
Qualitative method
Authority
28. Describes the principal characteristics of what has been studied.
Economics
Primordialism
Observational/Evidential
Political Violence
29. Long-lived - Extreme lack of social pluralism - Well-defined ideology - Against capitalism - Based on Marxist arguments about class solidarity - economic determinism - Socialism run amok?
Political Factors of Strong States
Terrorism
Unicameral Legislature
Communism
30. An organization that seeks elective office - Currency/instrument: votes
Advantages of Social Movements
Significance of Collective action problem
Political Party
Theories
31. A political system controlled by rulers who deny popular participation in government
Method of Inference
Primordialism
Fascism
Authoritarianism
32. Also known as interpersonal trust & tolerance
Identity
Political Theory
Qualitative method
Solidarity
33. Hard to amass resources (money and information) - Short-lived - The dilemma of formalization
Quantitative
Empirical Knowledge
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Political Violence
34. how many seats are allotted to each electoral district
District Magnitude
Unicameral Legislature
Madison's dilemma
Politics
35. 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.
Political Theory
Utilitarian Justification
Consolidation
(Civil) Society
36. 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
Conservatism
Subfields of Political Science
Authority
37. Public administration (civil service). All (non-military) government workers not elected to their posts - but hired (United States beginning in 1880s)
Bureaucracy
Politics
Economics
Social Movements
38. 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
Collective action problem: causes
Madison's dilemma
Classic Liberal Argument
Constitution
39. 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
Madison's dilemma
Collective action problem: causes
Primordialism
Gender as a Category
40. 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.
Non-democratic regimes
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Nation
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
41. A political organization that primarily uses lobbying - Currency/instrument: money - information - numbers
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Interest Groups
Civic Engagement
Patronage
42. Force + Legitimacy
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Subfields of Political Science
Political Party
Authority
43. Historical origins. A reaction to liberalism - Central assumption: 'The highest good of society [is] the maintenance of ordered community and of common values' (p. 28) One of the 3 big idealogies
Economics
Conservatism
(Civil) Society
Political Factors of Strong States
44. A civil war (...) in which one party is the state - the insurgents win - the insurgents have a lot of popular support - and the insurgents implement 'wholesale political change'
Socialism
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Revolution
45. 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
Non-democratic regimes
Politics
Revolution
46. The set of relationships among parties in a country - Often categorized by the effective number of parties.
Authoritarianism
Party System
Democracy
Economics
47. 19th - in the United States and Western Europe.
Communism
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Terrorism
Collective action problem: causes
48. Concentration vs. dispersal of power
49. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Parliamentary supremacy - Number of chambers: Unicameral/weak bicameral - Federalism: Unitary
Theories
Participation
Regime type
Majoritarian
50. Situation where all fully qualified citizens have an equal say
Participation
Subfields of Political Science
District Magnitude
classic Liberalism