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CLEP Political Science
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1. 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
Regime type
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Comparative Government
Method of Inference
2. No or low citizen accountability ('subjects' rather than 'citizens') - Reciprocal relationship between leader and selectorate - Totalitarianism vs. authoritarianism
Interest Groups
Non-democratic regimes
Authority
Threshold
3. when you must get a minimum percent of votes to have your votes count or (sometimes) to retain your party registration
Threshold
Culture
Transition
Science
4. 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
Transition
Civic Engagement
State
Political Factors of Strong States
5. The making of collectively binding decisions
(Civil) Society
Politics
Science
Gender as a Process
6. 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
Authoritarianism
Empirical Knowledge
Social Movements: Causes
District Magnitude
7. An organization that seeks elective office - Currency/instrument: votes
Science
Solidarity
Constitution
Political Party
8. 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
Observational Laws
District Magnitude
State
9. 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
Gender as a Category
Political Violence
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Political Science
10. how many seats are allotted to each electoral district
Observational/Evidential
District Magnitude
Socialism
Comparative Government
11. 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
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Consensual
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
12. 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.
Political Violence
political equality
Gender as a Process
Quantitative
13. 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
Ideology
Liberalism
Conservatism
Interest Groups
14. it works better in the long run - less risk/variability
Constructivism
Utilitarian Justification
Contestation
Disadvantages of Social Movements
15. Shared sets of meanings
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Culture
International Relations
Gender as a Process
16. 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
Consolidation
Three types of Political Organization
Primordialism
Significance of Collective action problem
17. Political violence by non-state actors against civilian targets
Economics
Method of Inference
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Terrorism
18. Utility maximization - Preferences: Comparability/Completeness - Transitivity - Probability - Incomplete information and uncertainty about future - Mathematical modeling
Communism
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Primordialism
Classic Liberal Argument
19. Also known as interpersonal trust & tolerance
Politics
Classic Liberal Argument
Political Science
Solidarity
20. Charismatic - Rational-legal - Traditional/patrimonial
Observational/Evidential
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
21. The set of relationships among parties in a country - Often categorized by the effective number of parties.
Totalitarianism
Threshold
Conservatism
Party System
22. Hard to amass resources (money and information) - Short-lived - The dilemma of formalization
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Authoritarianism
Threshold
Unicameral Legislature
23. Comparative Politics - International Relations - American Politics - (normative) theory or Political Philosophy
Nation
Gender as a Process
Subfields of Political Science
Politics
24. A political system controlled by rulers who deny popular participation in government
Transition
Authoritarianism
Political Violence
Method of Inference
25. A political organization that primarily uses lobbying - Currency/instrument: money - information - numbers
Unicameral Legislature
State Strength
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Interest Groups
26. Analyzing the data that has been collected and offering plausible general principles that can be drawn from what has been observed.
Regime type
Theories
Quantitative
Political Theory
27. 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?
International Relations
Liberalism
Social Movements
Fascism
28. equality in political decision making: one vote per person - with all votes counted equally
political equality
Theories
Madison's dilemma
Observational Laws
29. Territorial monopoly over the legitimate use of force. Refers to the government + the people + the territory ('the country')
State
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Consensual
Socialism
30. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Judicial Review - Number of chambers: bicameral - Federalism: Federal
District Magnitude
Civic Engagement
Empirical Knowledge
Consensual
31. monopoly over the legitimate use of force
Sovereignty
Social Movements: Causes
Participation
Theories
32. 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.
Democracy
Subfields of Political Science
Transition
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
33. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Parliamentary supremacy - Number of chambers: Unicameral/weak bicameral - Federalism: Unitary
Majoritarian
Consolidation
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
Social Movements: Causes
34. Energy or righteous zeal wins large numbers of participants - Nimble in framing issues and changing tactics
classic Liberalism
Advantages of Social Movements
Constitution
Constructivism
35. Basically - synonymous for statistical method - Large numbers of observational data - 'Control' for confounding factors
Method of Inference
Quantitative
Theories
Contestation
36. Political parties - Interest groups - Social movements
Constitution
Three types of Political Organization
Regime type
District Magnitude
37. The opportunity to choose among alternative candidates and positions
Totalitarianism
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Observational Laws
Contestation
38. Situation where all fully qualified citizens have an equal say
Participation
Liberalism
Why States/Governments
Economics
39. A formal document that sets up the basic rules of the political game
Constitution
classic Liberalism
Patronage
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
40. A consciously derived - coherent set of beliefs that offers a comprehensive political program
Political Violence
Ideology
Totalitarianism
Participation
41. Public administration (civil service). All (non-military) government workers not elected to their posts - but hired (United States beginning in 1880s)
Bureaucracy
Fascism
(Civil) Society
Interest Groups
42. A government with a one house legislature.
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Unicameral Legislature
Collective action problem: Solutions
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
43. (Voluntary) allocation (production and distribution) of goods and services
Primordialism
Transition
Economics
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
44. Warfare and military technology - Economic: development of trade and manufacturing and new financial/fiscal instruments - Cultural: Enlightenment - (There are also Environmental/geographic factors)
Political Factors of Strong States
Majoritarian
classic Liberalism
Observational/Evidential
45. 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
Transition
Constitution
Civic Engagement
46. 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
Political Science
Three types of Political Organization
Liberalism
Party System
47. Basically - density and quality of civil society
Political Factors of Strong States
Authority
Civic Engagement
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
48. The organized study of government and politics. It borrows from the related disciplines of history - philosophy - sociology - economics - and law.
Consolidation
political equality
Political Science
Constitution
49. America's two ideologies (Liberal and Conservative) are two versions of classic liberalism
Participation
Primordialism
classic Liberalism
Significance of Collective action problem
50. 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
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
Socialism
Culture
Gender as a Category