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CLEP Political Science
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1. 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
Gender as a Category
Identity
Primordialism
2. No or low citizen accountability ('subjects' rather than 'citizens') - Reciprocal relationship between leader and selectorate - Totalitarianism vs. authoritarianism
Constitution
Non-democratic regimes
Classic Liberal Argument
Patronage
3. Use of method of inference to create generalizeable explanations
Political Party
Political Theory
Science
Constructivism
4. America's two ideologies (Liberal and Conservative) are two versions of classic liberalism
Qualitative method
Utilitarian Justification
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
classic Liberalism
5. Comparative Politics - International Relations - American Politics - (normative) theory or Political Philosophy
Criticisms of Rational Choice
Utilitarian Justification
Subfields of Political Science
Culture
6. 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
Advantages of Social Movements
Patronage
International Relations
Comparative Government
7. Public administration (civil service). All (non-military) government workers not elected to their posts - but hired (United States beginning in 1880s)
Method of Inference
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Ideology
Bureaucracy
8. Warfare and military technology - Economic: development of trade and manufacturing and new financial/fiscal instruments - Cultural: Enlightenment - (There are also Environmental/geographic factors)
Why States/Governments
Political Factors of Strong States
Constitution
Nation
9. Process tracing through case studies. Requires a well-developed theory and minute examination ('process tracing')
Fascism
Empirical Knowledge
State Strength
Qualitative method
10. A consideration of how nations interact with each other within the frameworks of law - diplomacy - and international organizations such as the United Nations.
Subfields of Political Science
Method of Inference
Terrorism
International Relations
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
Quantitative
Liberalism
Patronage
Totalitarianism
12. Describes the principal characteristics of what has been studied.
Observational/Evidential
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Totalitarianism
Social Movements: Causes
13. All voluntary associations/all secondary associations
(Civil) Society
Politics
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Majoritarian
14. A non-meritocratic system in which jobs and contracts are distributed according to partisan support - (The U.S. 'spoils system' of the 19th century')
Patronage
Political Factors of Strong States
Social Movements: Causes
Collective action problem: Solutions
15. Concentration vs. dispersal of power
16. Charismatic - Rational-legal - Traditional/patrimonial
Ideology
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Regime type
Qualitative method
17. 19th - in the United States and Western Europe.
Participation
Politics
Political Identity
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
18. 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.
Science
Threshold
Civic Engagement
Political Theory
19. 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
Collective action problem: causes
Majoritarian
Fascism
Unicameral Legislature
20. Traditionally measured as capacity and autonomy
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Unicameral Legislature
Disadvantages of Social Movements
State Strength
21. Basically - density and quality of civil society
Civic Engagement
Three types of Political Organization
Gender as a Process
Solidarity
22. 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
Three types of Political Organization
Social Movements
Threshold
State
23. A government with a one house legislature.
Unicameral Legislature
Civic Engagement
Constitution
Observational Laws
24. 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?
Solidarity
Fascism
Conservatism
Unicameral Legislature
25. The use of force by states or non-state actors to achieve political goals
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Solidarity
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Political Violence
26. 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
Observational Laws
Significance of Collective action problem
District Magnitude
Primordialism
27. how many seats are allotted to each electoral district
Sovereignty
Social Movements: Causes
Comparative Government
District Magnitude
28. 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'
Participation
Communism
Ideology
Revolution
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
Social Movements: Causes
Madison's dilemma
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Totalitarianism
30. The making of collectively binding decisions
Majoritarian
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Politics
Empirical Knowledge
31. A political system controlled by rulers who deny popular participation in government
Madison's dilemma
Transition
(Civil) Society
Authoritarianism
32. The set of relationships among parties in a country - Often categorized by the effective number of parties.
Party System
Participation
Criticisms of Rational Choice
Terrorism
33. when you must get a minimum percent of votes to have your votes count or (sometimes) to retain your party registration
Threshold
Political Party
State
Fascism
34. Long-lived - Extreme lack of social pluralism - Well-defined ideology - Against capitalism - Based on Marxist arguments about class solidarity - economic determinism - Socialism run amok?
Consolidation
Communism
(Civil) Society
Political Identity
35. 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
Collective action problem: Solutions
Identity
Majoritarian
State
36. The opportunity to choose among alternative candidates and positions
Contestation
Majoritarian
Constructivism
Sovereignty
37. Situation where all fully qualified citizens have an equal say
classic Liberalism
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Participation
38. The organized study of government and politics. It borrows from the related disciplines of history - philosophy - sociology - economics - and law.
Interest Groups
Nation
State
Political Science
39. About agency: we deserve freedom and need to be held meaningfully accountable
Classic Liberal Argument
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Social Movements
Significance of Collective action problem
40. Also known as interpersonal trust & tolerance
Solidarity
Party System
Democracy
Sovereignty
41. Utility maximization - Preferences: Comparability/Completeness - Transitivity - Probability - Incomplete information and uncertainty about future - Mathematical modeling
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Political Violence
Authority
Totalitarianism
42. 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.
Constitution
Quantitative
Subfields of Political Science
District Magnitude
43. 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.
Comparative Government
Nation
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Culture
44. equality in political decision making: one vote per person - with all votes counted equally
Subfields of Political Science
Science
political equality
Authority
45. 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
Totalitarianism
Collective action problem: Solutions
Utilitarian Justification
Conservatism
46. Any identity that significantly shapes our political decisions
Political Identity
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Gender as a Process
classic Liberalism
47. An organization that seeks elective office - Currency/instrument: votes
Political Party
Patronage
Why States/Governments
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
48. 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
Conservatism
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Political Party
49. 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
Contestation
Three types of Political Organization
Social Movements: Causes
Method of Inference
50. The rules about making the rules - often embodied in a constitution.
Regime type
Totalitarianism
Significance of Collective action problem
Gender as a Process