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CLEP Political Science
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1. The set of relationships among parties in a country - Often categorized by the effective number of parties.
Observational Laws
Why States/Governments
State
Party System
2. Describes the principal characteristics of what has been studied.
Ideology
Fascism
Observational/Evidential
Three types of Political Organization
3. America's two ideologies (Liberal and Conservative) are two versions of classic liberalism
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Criticisms of Rational Choice
classic Liberalism
Madison's dilemma
4. 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
Consensual
Classic Liberal Argument
Terrorism
5. monopoly over the legitimate use of force
Patronage
Significance of Collective action problem
Sovereignty
Madison's dilemma
6. A political system controlled by rulers who deny popular participation in government
Observational/Evidential
Bureaucracy
Authoritarianism
Theories
7. Traditionally measured as capacity and autonomy
State Strength
Economics
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Constitution
8. Public administration (civil service). All (non-military) government workers not elected to their posts - but hired (United States beginning in 1880s)
Collective action problem: Solutions
Political Party
Bureaucracy
Totalitarianism
9. how many seats are allotted to each electoral district
Politics
Terrorism
political equality
District Magnitude
10. Basically - density and quality of civil society
Civic Engagement
Collective action problem: causes
Nation
Social Movements
11. An organization that seeks elective office - Currency/instrument: votes
Political Party
Collective action problem: causes
Civic Engagement
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
12. 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'
Culture
Revolution
Classic Liberal Argument
political equality
13. Situation where all fully qualified citizens have an equal say
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Gender as a Process
Utilitarian Justification
Participation
14. All voluntary associations/all secondary associations
Transition
(Civil) Society
Comparative Government
Constitution
15. Comparative Politics - International Relations - American Politics - (normative) theory or Political Philosophy
Subfields of Political Science
Nation
Economics
Bureaucracy
16. 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
Three types of Political Organization
Transition
Solidarity
Culture
17. 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
Social Movements: Causes
Advantages of Social Movements
Totalitarianism
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
18. 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
Constructivism
Gender as a Category
Political Factors of Strong States
Disadvantages of Social Movements
19. Concentration vs. dispersal of power
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20. Hard to amass resources (money and information) - Short-lived - The dilemma of formalization
Patronage
Collective action problem: causes
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Classic Liberal Argument
21. Use of method of inference to create generalizeable explanations
Science
Theories
Sovereignty
Classic Liberal Argument
22. Monarchies - Single-party regimes - Military regimes - Oligarchies - Theocracies - Personalistic regimes
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Collective action problem: causes
Consolidation
Gender as a Process
23. An identity-based community - where the identity is strong enough that we think we should probably be sovereign...
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Nation
Political Science
Terrorism
24. 19th - in the United States and Western Europe.
Social Movements: Causes
Consolidation
Observational Laws
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
25. The opportunity to choose among alternative candidates and positions
Civic Engagement
Contestation
Unicameral Legislature
Gender as a Process
26. Warfare and military technology - Economic: development of trade and manufacturing and new financial/fiscal instruments - Cultural: Enlightenment - (There are also Environmental/geographic factors)
Regime type
Political Factors of Strong States
Totalitarianism
Interest Groups
27. Long-lived - Extreme lack of social pluralism - Well-defined ideology - Against capitalism - Based on Marxist arguments about class solidarity - economic determinism - Socialism run amok?
Bureaucracy
Three types of Political Organization
Observational/Evidential
Communism
28. Efficiency vs. representativeness
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29. A consideration of how nations interact with each other within the frameworks of law - diplomacy - and international organizations such as the United Nations.
State Strength
Terrorism
Contestation
International Relations
30. 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.
Transition
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Political Factors of Strong States
Identity
31. Charismatic - Rational-legal - Traditional/patrimonial
Party System
Transition
Unicameral Legislature
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
32. Also known as interpersonal trust & tolerance
political equality
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Solidarity
Majoritarian
33. Political violence by non-state actors against civilian targets
Comparative Government
Gender as a Category
Sovereignty
Terrorism
34. 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.
Sovereignty
Nation
Communism
Empirical Knowledge
35. 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
Fascism
Significance of Collective action problem
Identity
Totalitarianism
36. Process tracing through case studies. Requires a well-developed theory and minute examination ('process tracing')
Consensual
Qualitative method
Political Party
Constructivism
37. The use of force by states or non-state actors to achieve political goals
Political Violence
Political Factors of Strong States
Politics
Party System
38. 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.
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Liberalism
Gender as a Process
Three types of Political Organization
39. 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
Three types of Political Organization
Political Party
Method of Inference
Observational Laws
40. 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?
classic Liberalism
Fascism
Transition
Authoritarianism
41. 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
Social Movements: Causes
Social Movements
Constitution
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
42. Shared sets of meanings
Comparative Government
Observational Laws
Culture
Collective action problem: Solutions
43. Selective incentives - Small group size - Social (solidary) incentives - Homogeneity - Others? Duty and altruism? Love?
Comparative Government
Science
Collective action problem: Solutions
International Relations
44. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Parliamentary supremacy - Number of chambers: Unicameral/weak bicameral - Federalism: Unitary
Patronage
Majoritarian
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Significance of Collective action problem
45. The making of collectively binding decisions
Theories
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Culture
Politics
46. About agency: we deserve freedom and need to be held meaningfully accountable
Bureaucracy
Classic Liberal Argument
Social Movements
Solidarity
47. Any identity that significantly shapes our political decisions
State Strength
Authority
Civic Engagement
Political Identity
48. A non-meritocratic system in which jobs and contracts are distributed according to partisan support - (The U.S. 'spoils system' of the 19th century')
Nation
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Social Movements: Causes
Patronage
49. A formal document that sets up the basic rules of the political game
Socialism
Consolidation
Constitution
Political Theory
50. 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
Criticisms of Rational Choice
Transition
Sovereignty
Authority