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CLEP Political Science
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1. Energy or righteous zeal wins large numbers of participants - Nimble in framing issues and changing tactics
Comparative Government
Sovereignty
Advantages of Social Movements
Collective action problem: causes
2. The use of force by states or non-state actors to achieve political goals
Conservatism
Fascism
Political Violence
Science
3. Process tracing through case studies. Requires a well-developed theory and minute examination ('process tracing')
Qualitative method
Economics
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
State Strength
4. Territorial monopoly over the legitimate use of force. Refers to the government + the people + the territory ('the country')
State Strength
State
Comparative Government
Gender as a Category
5. Political parties - Interest groups - Social movements
Three types of Political Organization
Utilitarian Justification
Social Movements
Classic Liberal Argument
6. An organization that seeks elective office - Currency/instrument: votes
Why States/Governments
Consensual
Political Party
Transition
7. 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
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
political equality
Gender as a Category
Identity
8. 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
Constructivism
Social Movements
State Strength
Majoritarian
9. Long-lived - Extreme lack of social pluralism - Well-defined ideology - Against capitalism - Based on Marxist arguments about class solidarity - economic determinism - Socialism run amok?
Theories
Participation
Fascism
Communism
10. Selective incentives - Small group size - Social (solidary) incentives - Homogeneity - Others? Duty and altruism? Love?
Regime type
Transition
Collective action problem: Solutions
Utilitarian Justification
11. Force + Legitimacy
Constructivism
Consolidation
Authority
Advantages of Social Movements
12. Charismatic - Rational-legal - Traditional/patrimonial
Observational/Evidential
Civic Engagement
Political Party
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
13. Basically - density and quality of civil society
Why States/Governments
Subfields of Political Science
Political Factors of Strong States
Civic Engagement
14. 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
Constitution
Comparative Government
Non-democratic regimes
Criticisms of Rational Choice
15. (Voluntary) allocation (production and distribution) of goods and services
Observational Laws
Bureaucracy
Economics
Political Violence
16. A non-meritocratic system in which jobs and contracts are distributed according to partisan support - (The U.S. 'spoils system' of the 19th century')
Gender as a Category
Patronage
Observational/Evidential
Collective action problem: Solutions
17. A formal document that sets up the basic rules of the political game
Politics
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Culture
Constitution
18. About agency: we deserve freedom and need to be held meaningfully accountable
Classic Liberal Argument
Criticisms of Rational Choice
Political Party
classic Liberalism
19. 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?
Bureaucracy
Empirical Knowledge
Politics
Fascism
20. Comparative Politics - International Relations - American Politics - (normative) theory or Political Philosophy
Civic Engagement
Subfields of Political Science
Significance of Collective action problem
(Civil) Society
21. Shared sets of meanings
Totalitarianism
Culture
Gender as a Process
Interest Groups
22. monopoly over the legitimate use of force
State Strength
Sovereignty
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Comparative Government
23. Concentration vs. dispersal of power
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24. it works better in the long run - less risk/variability
Majoritarian
Utilitarian Justification
Political Theory
Consolidation
25. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Parliamentary supremacy - Number of chambers: Unicameral/weak bicameral - Federalism: Unitary
Gender as a Process
Ideology
Conservatism
Majoritarian
26. Regime where the rulers are accountable to the ruled.
Authority
Constitution
Democracy
Revolution
27. State of nature (collective action problem) - Hobbes' solution: the social contract
State
Advantages of Social Movements
Identity
Why States/Governments
28. A government with a one house legislature.
Politics
Consolidation
Conservatism
Unicameral Legislature
29. 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 Theory
Political Factors of Strong States
Significance of Collective action problem
Constitution
30. how many seats are allotted to each electoral district
Social Movements
District Magnitude
Social Movements: Causes
Solidarity
31. 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
Contestation
Collective action problem: Solutions
Constitution
Collective action problem: causes
32. Political violence by non-state actors against civilian targets
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Terrorism
Madison's dilemma
Interest Groups
33. Traditionally measured as capacity and autonomy
(Civil) Society
State Strength
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Three types of Political Organization
34. The rules about making the rules - often embodied in a constitution.
Regime type
Advantages of Social Movements
Contestation
Constitution
35. A political organization that primarily uses lobbying - Currency/instrument: money - information - numbers
Comparative Government
Culture
Interest Groups
Method of Inference
36. A political system controlled by rulers who deny popular participation in government
Authoritarianism
Socialism
Science
Theories
37. Also known as interpersonal trust & tolerance
Constitution
Subfields of Political Science
Collective action problem: Solutions
Solidarity
38. A consciously derived - coherent set of beliefs that offers a comprehensive political program
Social Movements
Ideology
Consolidation
Advantages of Social Movements
39. 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
Qualitative method
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
40. Analyzing the data that has been collected and offering plausible general principles that can be drawn from what has been observed.
Constitution
Party System
Theories
Consolidation
41. 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'
Revolution
Non-democratic regimes
Social Movements
Constructivism
42. All voluntary associations/all secondary associations
Civic Engagement
Political Science
Bureaucracy
(Civil) Society
43. 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
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Political Science
Unicameral Legislature
Method of Inference
44. 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.
Method of Inference
Solidarity
Three types of Political Organization
Empirical Knowledge
45. when you must get a minimum percent of votes to have your votes count or (sometimes) to retain your party registration
Constitution
Advantages of Social Movements
Threshold
classic Liberalism
46. The opportunity to choose among alternative candidates and positions
Quantitative
District Magnitude
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Contestation
47. 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.
Constructivism
Economics
Gender as a Process
Gender as a Category
48. 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
Empirical Knowledge
Politics
Communism
Socialism
49. 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
Gender as a Category
State Strength
Primordialism
Revolution
50. Utility maximization - Preferences: Comparability/Completeness - Transitivity - Probability - Incomplete information and uncertainty about future - Mathematical modeling
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Authority
Revolution