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CLEP Political Science
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1. Comparative Politics - International Relations - American Politics - (normative) theory or Political Philosophy
Subfields of Political Science
Ideology
Comparative Government
Terrorism
2. Hypotheses based on what has been observed.
Bureaucracy
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Fascism
Observational Laws
3. how many seats are allotted to each electoral district
Fascism
District Magnitude
Classic Liberal Argument
Empirical Knowledge
4. 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
Classic Liberal Argument
Advantages of Social Movements
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
5. Regime where the rulers are accountable to the ruled.
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Democracy
Identity
Science
6. 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
State
Transition
Conservatism
Gender as a Category
7. Individual rationality does not always lead to collective rationality - Walking on the grass - Policy implementation is problematic - Voting; protests; interest groups; etc. are underprovided (Olson's point)
Significance of Collective action problem
Collective action problem: Solutions
Political Factors of Strong States
Liberalism
8. 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
Political Violence
Primordialism
Revolution
Patronage
9. The organized study of government and politics. It borrows from the related disciplines of history - philosophy - sociology - economics - and law.
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Political Science
Constructivism
District Magnitude
10. monopoly over the legitimate use of force
Sovereignty
Constructivism
Party System
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
11. A systematic study of the structures of two or more political systems (such as those of Britain and the People's Republic of China) to achieve an understanding of how different societies manage the realities of governing. Also considered are politica
Quantitative
Comparative Government
Constitution
Three types of Political Organization
12. An identity-based community - where the identity is strong enough that we think we should probably be sovereign...
Fascism
Observational/Evidential
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Nation
13. 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
Communism
State Strength
Totalitarianism
Unicameral Legislature
14. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Judicial Review - Number of chambers: bicameral - Federalism: Federal
Communism
classic Liberalism
Why States/Governments
Consensual
15. A political system controlled by rulers who deny popular participation in government
Authoritarianism
Patronage
Majoritarian
State
16. The set of relationships among parties in a country - Often categorized by the effective number of parties.
Party System
Socialism
Primordialism
Observational/Evidential
17. Traditionally measured as capacity and autonomy
Political Party
Science
State Strength
Liberalism
18. Basically - density and quality of civil society
Civic Engagement
Unicameral Legislature
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Liberalism
19. State of nature (collective action problem) - Hobbes' solution: the social contract
State Strength
Patronage
Consensual
Why States/Governments
20. Territorial monopoly over the legitimate use of force. Refers to the government + the people + the territory ('the country')
Authoritarianism
State
Bureaucracy
(Civil) Society
21. Selective incentives - Small group size - Social (solidary) incentives - Homogeneity - Others? Duty and altruism? Love?
Regime type
Subfields of Political Science
Political Science
Collective action problem: Solutions
22. Process tracing through case studies. Requires a well-developed theory and minute examination ('process tracing')
State Strength
Consolidation
Authoritarianism
Qualitative method
23. A political organization that primarily uses lobbying - Currency/instrument: money - information - numbers
Sovereignty
Interest Groups
Economics
Social Movements
24. Tactics An organization that seeks to influence government through 'contentious' or 'disruptive' politics - Currency/instrument: show of force - numbers - brinkmanship - Organization A (non-hierarchical) network of organizations and individuals worki
Totalitarianism
Social Movements
(Civil) Society
Qualitative method
25. 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
Patronage
Quantitative
Collective action problem: causes
Democracy
26. Monarchies - Single-party regimes - Military regimes - Oligarchies - Theocracies - Personalistic regimes
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
classic Liberalism
Majoritarian
Regime type
27. Force + Legitimacy
Empirical Knowledge
Classic Liberal Argument
Authority
Threshold
28. 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
Science
Consensual
Fascism
29. A consciously derived - coherent set of beliefs that offers a comprehensive political program
Political Violence
Ideology
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Quantitative
30. Use of method of inference to create generalizeable explanations
Social Movements: Causes
Science
Qualitative method
Quantitative
31. 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.
Significance of Collective action problem
Majoritarian
Political Theory
Civic Engagement
32. 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
Empirical Knowledge
Gender as a Process
Consolidation
33. Warfare and military technology - Economic: development of trade and manufacturing and new financial/fiscal instruments - Cultural: Enlightenment - (There are also Environmental/geographic factors)
classic Liberalism
Revolution
Consensual
Political Factors of Strong States
34. 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
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Consolidation
Conservatism
Collective action problem: Solutions
35. Also known as interpersonal trust & tolerance
Solidarity
Constitution
Constructivism
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
36. 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?
Three types of Political Organization
Sovereignty
Fascism
Political Science
37. Analyzing the data that has been collected and offering plausible general principles that can be drawn from what has been observed.
Collective action problem: Solutions
Comparative Government
Theories
Fascism
38. 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'
Theories
Revolution
Qualitative method
Political Party
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.
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
classic Liberalism
Authoritarianism
Quantitative
40. The rules about making the rules - often embodied in a constitution.
Ideology
Madison's dilemma
Constructivism
Regime type
41. The making of collectively binding decisions
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Politics
District Magnitude
Transition
42. 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
Regime type
State
Political Science
Transition
43. Political violence by non-state actors against civilian targets
Authority
Terrorism
Why States/Governments
Advantages of Social Movements
44. America's two ideologies (Liberal and Conservative) are two versions of classic liberalism
Method of Inference
classic Liberalism
Fascism
Nation
45. 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
Communism
Social Movements: Causes
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Interest Groups
46. A government with a one house legislature.
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
Unicameral Legislature
Bureaucracy
Constitution
47. The opportunity to choose among alternative candidates and positions
Consensual
Contestation
Threshold
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
48. Utility maximization - Preferences: Comparability/Completeness - Transitivity - Probability - Incomplete information and uncertainty about future - Mathematical modeling
Classic Liberal Argument
Party System
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
State
49. Shared sets of meanings
Culture
Ideology
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Civic Engagement
50. 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.
Bureaucracy
Constitution
Liberalism
Madison's dilemma