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CLEP Political Science
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1. Regime where the rulers are accountable to the ruled.
Democracy
Revolution
Classic Liberal Argument
Consensual
2. Describes the principal characteristics of what has been studied.
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Observational/Evidential
Culture
Political Party
3. Selective incentives - Small group size - Social (solidary) incentives - Homogeneity - Others? Duty and altruism? Love?
International Relations
Consolidation
Collective action problem: Solutions
Authoritarianism
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.
Constitution
Liberalism
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Contestation
5. Hypotheses based on what has been observed.
Observational Laws
Threshold
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Quantitative
6. Also known as interpersonal trust & tolerance
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
State
Political Party
Solidarity
7. Force + Legitimacy
Political Factors of Strong States
Empirical Knowledge
Authority
Constitution
8. Traditionally measured as capacity and autonomy
Social Movements: Causes
Advantages of Social Movements
Method of Inference
State Strength
9. Territorial monopoly over the legitimate use of force. Refers to the government + the people + the territory ('the country')
State
Economics
International Relations
Conservatism
10. Use of method of inference to create generalizeable explanations
Totalitarianism
Political Theory
Science
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
11. A consciously derived - coherent set of beliefs that offers a comprehensive political program
Civic Engagement
Ideology
Unicameral Legislature
Gender as a Process
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
Majoritarian
Political Party
Ideology
Consolidation
13. Basically - density and quality of civil society
Participation
Civic Engagement
Significance of Collective action problem
Contestation
14. Analyzing the data that has been collected and offering plausible general principles that can be drawn from what has been observed.
classic Liberalism
Participation
Political Science
Theories
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
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Fascism
Primordialism
Social Movements
16. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Judicial Review - Number of chambers: bicameral - Federalism: Federal
Political Theory
Constructivism
Consensual
International Relations
17. Energy or righteous zeal wins large numbers of participants - Nimble in framing issues and changing tactics
Political Theory
Advantages of Social Movements
Revolution
Non-democratic regimes
18. All voluntary associations/all secondary associations
Nation
Quantitative
State
(Civil) Society
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')
Interest Groups
Political Theory
Patronage
Sovereignty
20. Public administration (civil service). All (non-military) government workers not elected to their posts - but hired (United States beginning in 1880s)
Conservatism
Bureaucracy
Unicameral Legislature
Majoritarian
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?
Terrorism
Gender as a Process
Conservatism
Communism
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
Theories
Three types of Political Organization
Social Movements
Party System
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.
Participation
Fascism
Nation
Political Science
25. An identity-based community - where the identity is strong enough that we think we should probably be sovereign...
Communism
Utilitarian Justification
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
Nation
26. Political parties - Interest groups - Social movements
Authority
Three types of Political Organization
Constructivism
Nation
27. Situation where all fully qualified citizens have an equal say
Participation
Culture
Advantages of Social Movements
State Strength
28. Shared sets of meanings
Collective action problem: causes
Communism
Culture
Participation
29. An organization that seeks elective office - Currency/instrument: votes
Political Party
Gender as a Category
Political Factors of Strong States
Interest Groups
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
Social Movements: Causes
Collective action problem: Solutions
Revolution
Majoritarian
31. The set of relationships among parties in a country - Often categorized by the effective number of parties.
Party System
Majoritarian
Social Movements
Bureaucracy
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
Three types of Political Organization
Conservatism
political equality
Science
33. Warfare and military technology - Economic: development of trade and manufacturing and new financial/fiscal instruments - Cultural: Enlightenment - (There are also Environmental/geographic factors)
Ideology
Revolution
political equality
Political Factors of Strong States
34. A political system controlled by rulers who deny popular participation in government
Collective action problem: Solutions
Gender as a Process
Method of Inference
Authoritarianism
35. how many seats are allotted to each electoral district
Consolidation
Regime type
Majoritarian
District Magnitude
36. The opportunity to choose among alternative candidates and positions
Gender as a Process
Political Violence
Constructivism
Contestation
37. No or low citizen accountability ('subjects' rather than 'citizens') - Reciprocal relationship between leader and selectorate - Totalitarianism vs. authoritarianism
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Non-democratic regimes
Authority
Political Theory
38. The rules about making the rules - often embodied in a constitution.
Regime type
Qualitative method
Constitution
(Civil) Society
39. Efficiency vs. representativeness
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40. State of nature (collective action problem) - Hobbes' solution: the social contract
Why States/Governments
Observational Laws
International Relations
Liberalism
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?
Fascism
Interest Groups
Nation
Political Identity
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.
Science
Theories
Gender as a Process
Political Factors of Strong States
43. Charismatic - Rational-legal - Traditional/patrimonial
Significance of Collective action problem
Nation
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Threshold
44. The use of force by states or non-state actors to achieve political goals
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Political Violence
Qualitative method
Regime type
45. A government with a one house legislature.
Political Science
Unicameral Legislature
Qualitative method
Democracy
46. it works better in the long run - less risk/variability
State
Madison's dilemma
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Utilitarian Justification
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
Communism
Non-democratic regimes
Totalitarianism
Political Factors of Strong States
48. (Voluntary) allocation (production and distribution) of goods and services
Primordialism
Democracy
Economics
Solidarity
49. 19th - in the United States and Western Europe.
Why States/Governments
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
Theories
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
Political Identity
Gender as a Category
Advantages of Social Movements
Fascism