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CLEP Political Science
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1. 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?
Three types of Political Organization
Fascism
Advantages of Social Movements
Observational/Evidential
2. 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
Economics
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Socialism
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
3. Hypotheses based on what has been observed.
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Observational Laws
Significance of Collective action problem
Theories
4. A government with a one house legislature.
Political Party
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Gender as a Category
Unicameral Legislature
5. Energy or righteous zeal wins large numbers of participants - Nimble in framing issues and changing tactics
Constitution
Advantages of Social Movements
Regime type
Civic Engagement
6. 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.
Gender as a Category
State Strength
International Relations
Constitution
7. A formal document that sets up the basic rules of the political game
Constitution
District Magnitude
Primordialism
Transition
8. 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
Identity
Madison's dilemma
Non-democratic regimes
9. An identity-based community - where the identity is strong enough that we think we should probably be sovereign...
Nation
Classic Liberal Argument
Significance of Collective action problem
Culture
10. An organization that seeks elective office - Currency/instrument: votes
Qualitative method
Terrorism
Consensual
Political Party
11. 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
Consensual
Political Identity
Socialism
12. The making of collectively binding decisions
Empirical Knowledge
Politics
Transition
Collective action problem: Solutions
13. 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
Liberalism
Revolution
classic Liberalism
Gender as a Category
14. 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.
Gender as a Process
Participation
Observational Laws
Civic Engagement
15. 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
Constructivism
Ideology
Transition
Socialism
16. (Voluntary) allocation (production and distribution) of goods and services
Economics
Authoritarianism
Gender as a Category
Social Movements
17. 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
Contestation
Political Identity
Primordialism
Interest Groups
18. 19th - in the United States and Western Europe.
District Magnitude
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
political equality
Identity
19. equality in political decision making: one vote per person - with all votes counted equally
Revolution
Patronage
Classic Liberal Argument
political equality
20. State of nature (collective action problem) - Hobbes' solution: the social contract
Why States/Governments
Three types of Political Organization
Bureaucracy
Political Theory
21. Comparative Politics - International Relations - American Politics - (normative) theory or Political Philosophy
District Magnitude
International Relations
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Subfields of Political Science
22. 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
Method of Inference
Economics
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
Consolidation
23. All voluntary associations/all secondary associations
Contestation
Subfields of Political Science
Constitution
(Civil) Society
24. Political parties - Interest groups - Social movements
Democracy
International Relations
Why States/Governments
Three types of Political Organization
25. 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'
Observational Laws
Revolution
(Civil) Society
Constitution
26. Process tracing through case studies. Requires a well-developed theory and minute examination ('process tracing')
Majoritarian
(Civil) Society
Qualitative method
Identity
27. No or low citizen accountability ('subjects' rather than 'citizens') - Reciprocal relationship between leader and selectorate - Totalitarianism vs. authoritarianism
(Civil) Society
Gender as a Process
Observational/Evidential
Non-democratic regimes
28. 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
classic Liberalism
Totalitarianism
Majoritarian
Theories
29. Long-lived - Extreme lack of social pluralism - Well-defined ideology - Against capitalism - Based on Marxist arguments about class solidarity - economic determinism - Socialism run amok?
International Relations
Primordialism
Totalitarianism
Communism
30. 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.
Empirical Knowledge
Consolidation
Fascism
Transition
31. Territorial monopoly over the legitimate use of force. Refers to the government + the people + the territory ('the country')
State
Madison's dilemma
State Strength
Theories
32. 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
Significance of Collective action problem
Majoritarian
Conservatism
Why States/Governments
33. 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
Comparative Government
Three types of Political Organization
Quantitative
Science
34. Public administration (civil service). All (non-military) government workers not elected to their posts - but hired (United States beginning in 1880s)
Terrorism
Nation
Bureaucracy
Social Movements: Causes
35. The rules about making the rules - often embodied in a constitution.
Transition
Regime type
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Collective action problem: Solutions
36. 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
Why States/Governments
Madison's dilemma
Collective action problem: causes
Significance of Collective action problem
37. Political violence by non-state actors against civilian targets
Identity
Terrorism
Observational/Evidential
Majoritarian
38. Efficiency vs. representativeness
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39. Analyzing the data that has been collected and offering plausible general principles that can be drawn from what has been observed.
Qualitative method
Theories
District Magnitude
Disadvantages of Social Movements
40. The organized study of government and politics. It borrows from the related disciplines of history - philosophy - sociology - economics - and law.
Observational/Evidential
Culture
Political Science
(Civil) Society
41. 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
Ideology
District Magnitude
Social Movements
classic Liberalism
42. A consciously derived - coherent set of beliefs that offers a comprehensive political program
Ideology
Primordialism
(Civil) Society
Politics
43. Situation where all fully qualified citizens have an equal say
Gender as a Category
Significance of Collective action problem
Quantitative
Participation
44. it works better in the long run - less risk/variability
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
classic Liberalism
Why States/Governments
Utilitarian Justification
45. 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
Constructivism
Social Movements: Causes
Interest Groups
Non-democratic regimes
46. Monarchies - Single-party regimes - Military regimes - Oligarchies - Theocracies - Personalistic regimes
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Totalitarianism
Quantitative
Transition
47. The set of relationships among parties in a country - Often categorized by the effective number of parties.
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Method of Inference
Party System
48. America's two ideologies (Liberal and Conservative) are two versions of classic liberalism
classic Liberalism
Contestation
Political Party
Qualitative method
49. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Parliamentary supremacy - Number of chambers: Unicameral/weak bicameral - Federalism: Unitary
Majoritarian
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Constitution
Socialism
50. Regime where the rulers are accountable to the ruled.
Revolution
Democracy
Qualitative method
Threshold