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CLEP Political Science

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1. Basically - density and quality of civil society






2. 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






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






4. 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






5. Identities are malleable - and anything can become politicized. Struggles to explain fundamental patterns in political identity or their grasp on our souls. Can't really explain which identities become politicized either






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






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






8. 19th - in the United States and Western Europe.






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






10. About agency: we deserve freedom and need to be held meaningfully accountable






11. Political parties - Interest groups - Social movements






12. Traditionally measured as capacity and autonomy






13. A government with a one house legislature.






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






15. 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.






16. 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






17. how many seats are allotted to each electoral district






18. Hypotheses based on what has been observed.






19. Shared sets of meanings






20. 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






21. The making of collectively binding decisions






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. Any identity that significantly shapes our political decisions






24. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Parliamentary supremacy - Number of chambers: Unicameral/weak bicameral - Federalism: Unitary






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






26. Charismatic - Rational-legal - Traditional/patrimonial






27. Process tracing through case studies. Requires a well-developed theory and minute examination ('process tracing')






28. All voluntary associations/all secondary associations






29. 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






30. monopoly over the legitimate use of force






31. Use of method of inference to create generalizeable explanations






32. when you must get a minimum percent of votes to have your votes count or (sometimes) to retain your party registration






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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. Efficiency vs. representativeness

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39. 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.






40. Force + Legitimacy






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






42. Basically - synonymous for statistical method - Large numbers of observational data - 'Control' for confounding factors






43. 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.






44. America's two ideologies (Liberal and Conservative) are two versions of classic liberalism






45. Monarchies - Single-party regimes - Military regimes - Oligarchies - Theocracies - Personalistic regimes






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






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






48. Hard to amass resources (money and information) - Short-lived - The dilemma of formalization






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






50. A political organization that primarily uses lobbying - Currency/instrument: money - information - numbers