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CLEP Political Science
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1. 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
Political Science
Participation
Comparative Government
Gender as a Process
2. Hard to amass resources (money and information) - Short-lived - The dilemma of formalization
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Authority
Subfields of Political Science
Unicameral Legislature
3. 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
Party System
Culture
Gender as a Category
Science
4. About agency: we deserve freedom and need to be held meaningfully accountable
Quantitative
Significance of Collective action problem
political equality
Classic Liberal Argument
5. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Parliamentary supremacy - Number of chambers: Unicameral/weak bicameral - Federalism: Unitary
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Majoritarian
Consensual
Civic Engagement
6. Process tracing through case studies. Requires a well-developed theory and minute examination ('process tracing')
Bureaucracy
Social Movements: Causes
Consolidation
Qualitative method
7. Analyzing the data that has been collected and offering plausible general principles that can be drawn from what has been observed.
Theories
(Civil) Society
Collective action problem: Solutions
Three types of Political Organization
8. 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
Conservatism
Sovereignty
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Culture
9. The opportunity to choose among alternative candidates and positions
Regime type
Contestation
State
Disadvantages of Social Movements
10. Charismatic - Rational-legal - Traditional/patrimonial
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Liberalism
Conservatism
International Relations
11. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Judicial Review - Number of chambers: bicameral - Federalism: Federal
Quantitative
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Consensual
Collective action problem: Solutions
12. Public administration (civil service). All (non-military) government workers not elected to their posts - but hired (United States beginning in 1880s)
Totalitarianism
Fascism
Social Movements
Bureaucracy
13. 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
Solidarity
Social Movements: Causes
Comparative Government
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
14. Describes the principal characteristics of what has been studied.
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Observational/Evidential
Authority
15. Territorial monopoly over the legitimate use of force. Refers to the government + the people + the territory ('the country')
Comparative Government
Social Movements: Causes
State
Qualitative method
16. 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
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Participation
Authoritarianism
Socialism
17. Any identity that significantly shapes our political decisions
Socialism
Political Identity
Solidarity
Disadvantages of Social Movements
18. Efficiency vs. representativeness
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19. 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
Revolution
Patronage
Totalitarianism
State Strength
20. 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'
Political Party
Identity
Revolution
Madison's dilemma
21. 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
Madison's dilemma
Patronage
Gender as a Process
Primordialism
22. All voluntary associations/all secondary associations
Theories
Transition
Sovereignty
(Civil) Society
23. A non-meritocratic system in which jobs and contracts are distributed according to partisan support - (The U.S. 'spoils system' of the 19th century')
Political Theory
Consolidation
Collective action problem: causes
Patronage
24. Traditionally measured as capacity and autonomy
Advantages of Social Movements
State Strength
Three types of Political Organization
Authority
25. it works better in the long run - less risk/variability
Primordialism
Utilitarian Justification
Consolidation
Qualitative method
26. The set of relationships among parties in a country - Often categorized by the effective number of parties.
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Party System
Democracy
(Civil) Society
27. 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 Factors of Strong States
(Civil) Society
Collective action problem: Solutions
Liberalism
28. 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
Social Movements
Primordialism
Participation
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
29. The making of collectively binding decisions
Identity
Civic Engagement
Politics
Conservatism
30. An identity-based community - where the identity is strong enough that we think we should probably be sovereign...
classic Liberalism
Nation
Revolution
Utilitarian Justification
31. A consciously derived - coherent set of beliefs that offers a comprehensive political program
(Civil) Society
International Relations
Three types of Political Organization
Ideology
32. Comparative Politics - International Relations - American Politics - (normative) theory or Political Philosophy
Consolidation
Subfields of Political Science
International Relations
Classic Liberal Argument
33. Energy or righteous zeal wins large numbers of participants - Nimble in framing issues and changing tactics
Gender as a Process
Solidarity
State Strength
Advantages of Social Movements
34. 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)
State Strength
Significance of Collective action problem
International Relations
Consolidation
35. An organization that seeks elective office - Currency/instrument: votes
Democracy
Communism
Threshold
Political Party
36. 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.
Political Science
Why States/Governments
Constitution
Subfields of Political Science
37. Shared sets of meanings
Theories
Culture
Observational Laws
Disadvantages of Social Movements
38. 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
Method of Inference
Identity
Political Theory
Authoritarianism
39. Monarchies - Single-party regimes - Military regimes - Oligarchies - Theocracies - Personalistic regimes
Participation
Theories
Significance of Collective action problem
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
40. A government with a one house legislature.
Unicameral Legislature
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Significance of Collective action problem
Quantitative
41. 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
Authoritarianism
Political Identity
Civic Engagement
42. Basically - density and quality of civil society
Fascism
Regime type
Authoritarianism
Civic Engagement
43. when you must get a minimum percent of votes to have your votes count or (sometimes) to retain your party registration
Democracy
Communism
Threshold
Science
44. Long-lived - Extreme lack of social pluralism - Well-defined ideology - Against capitalism - Based on Marxist arguments about class solidarity - economic determinism - Socialism run amok?
Political Factors of Strong States
Why States/Governments
State
Communism
45. Basically - synonymous for statistical method - Large numbers of observational data - 'Control' for confounding factors
Quantitative
Solidarity
Ideology
Culture
46. 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.
Sovereignty
Political Theory
Political Factors of Strong States
classic Liberalism
47. Use of method of inference to create generalizeable explanations
Science
Three types of Political Organization
Why States/Governments
Authority
48. The rules about making the rules - often embodied in a constitution.
Fascism
Regime type
Patronage
Consensual
49. equality in political decision making: one vote per person - with all votes counted equally
Democracy
political equality
Consolidation
Disadvantages of Social Movements
50. State of nature (collective action problem) - Hobbes' solution: the social contract
Utilitarian Justification
Method of Inference
Why States/Governments
Consolidation