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CLEP Political Science

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1. 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






2. 19th - in the United States and Western Europe.






3. 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






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






5. 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






6. The opportunity to choose among alternative candidates and positions






7. Monarchies - Single-party regimes - Military regimes - Oligarchies - Theocracies - Personalistic regimes






8. 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






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. 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






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






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






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






17. 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)






18. (Voluntary) allocation (production and distribution) of goods and services






19. Hard to amass resources (money and information) - Short-lived - The dilemma of formalization






20. 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






21. 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.






22. 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






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






24. when you must get a minimum percent of votes to have your votes count or (sometimes) to retain your party registration






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






26. Use of method of inference to create generalizeable explanations






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






28. Concentration vs. dispersal of power

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29. 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






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






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






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






33. Charismatic - Rational-legal - Traditional/patrimonial






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






35. Political parties - Interest groups - Social movements






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






37. monopoly over the legitimate use of force






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






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






40. 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.






41. 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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. State of nature (collective action problem) - Hobbes' solution: the social contract






47. Hypotheses based on what has been observed.






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






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






50. Traditionally measured as capacity and autonomy