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CLEP Political Science

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1. Basically - synonymous for statistical method - Large numbers of observational data - 'Control' for confounding factors






2. 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






3. About agency: we deserve freedom and need to be held meaningfully accountable






4. The making of collectively binding decisions






5. The organized study of government and politics. It borrows from the related disciplines of history - philosophy - sociology - economics - and law.






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






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






8. Any identity that significantly shapes our political decisions






9. All voluntary associations/all secondary associations






10. 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.






11. An identity-based community - where the identity is strong enough that we think we should probably be sovereign...






12. how many seats are allotted to each electoral district






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






14. 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






15. 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






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






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






18. Charismatic - Rational-legal - Traditional/patrimonial






19. it works better in the long run - less risk/variability






20. Traditionally measured as capacity and autonomy






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






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






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






24. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Parliamentary supremacy - Number of chambers: Unicameral/weak bicameral - Federalism: Unitary






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






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






27. Comparative Politics - International Relations - American Politics - (normative) theory or Political Philosophy






28. 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






29. Concentration vs. dispersal of power

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30. A consideration of how nations interact with each other within the frameworks of law - diplomacy - and international organizations such as the United Nations.






31. 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






32. Political parties - Interest groups - Social movements






33. Selective incentives - Small group size - Social (solidary) incentives - Homogeneity - Others? Duty and altruism? Love?






34. monopoly over the legitimate use of force






35. 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






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






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






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'






39. Efficiency vs. representativeness

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40. Political violence by non-state actors against civilian targets






41. Hypotheses based on what has been observed.






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






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






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






45. 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






46. Describes the principal characteristics of what has been studied.






47. The use of force by states or non-state actors to achieve political goals






48. 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






49. 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.






50. Shared sets of meanings