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CLEP Political Science

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






2. Describes the principal characteristics of what has been studied.






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






4. 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.






5. Hypotheses based on what has been observed.






6. Also known as interpersonal trust & tolerance






7. Force + Legitimacy






8. Traditionally measured as capacity and autonomy






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






10. Use of method of inference to create generalizeable explanations






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






12. 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






13. Basically - density and quality of civil society






14. Analyzing the data that has been collected and offering plausible general principles that can be drawn from what has been observed.






15. 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






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






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






18. All voluntary associations/all secondary associations






19. A non-meritocratic system in which jobs and contracts are distributed according to partisan support - (The U.S. 'spoils system' of the 19th century')






20. Public administration (civil service). All (non-military) government workers not elected to their posts - but hired (United States beginning in 1880s)






21. Long-lived - Extreme lack of social pluralism - Well-defined ideology - Against capitalism - Based on Marxist arguments about class solidarity - economic determinism - Socialism run amok?






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






23. Concentration vs. dispersal of power

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






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






26. Political parties - Interest groups - Social movements






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






28. Shared sets of meanings






29. An organization that seeks elective office - Currency/instrument: votes






30. 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






31. The set of relationships among parties in a country - Often categorized by the effective number of parties.






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






33. Warfare and military technology - Economic: development of trade and manufacturing and new financial/fiscal instruments - Cultural: Enlightenment - (There are also Environmental/geographic factors)






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






35. how many seats are allotted to each electoral district






36. The opportunity to choose among alternative candidates and positions






37. No or low citizen accountability ('subjects' rather than 'citizens') - Reciprocal relationship between leader and selectorate - Totalitarianism vs. authoritarianism






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






39. Efficiency vs. representativeness

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






41. 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?






42. 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.






43. Charismatic - Rational-legal - Traditional/patrimonial






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






45. A government with a one house legislature.






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






47. 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






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






49. 19th - in the United States and Western Europe.






50. 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