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CLEP Political Science
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1. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Judicial Review - Number of chambers: bicameral - Federalism: Federal
Consensual
Political Party
Patronage
Liberalism
2. 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.
political equality
Observational/Evidential
Civic Engagement
Political Theory
3. The rules about making the rules - often embodied in a constitution.
Terrorism
Collective action problem: causes
Regime type
Gender as a Process
4. An organization that seeks elective office - Currency/instrument: votes
Utilitarian Justification
Collective action problem: causes
Political Party
Threshold
5. 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
Solidarity
Participation
Revolution
Comparative Government
6. Territorial monopoly over the legitimate use of force. Refers to the government + the people + the territory ('the country')
Gender as a Category
State
Political Theory
Nation
7. 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?
Nation
Ideology
Fascism
Primordialism
8. A political organization that primarily uses lobbying - Currency/instrument: money - information - numbers
classic Liberalism
Observational/Evidential
Interest Groups
Non-democratic regimes
9. Analyzing the data that has been collected and offering plausible general principles that can be drawn from what has been observed.
Bureaucracy
Collective action problem: causes
Interest Groups
Theories
10. Efficiency vs. representativeness
11. The use of force by states or non-state actors to achieve political goals
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Non-democratic regimes
Method of Inference
Political Violence
12. 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
Empirical Knowledge
Political Theory
Patronage
Socialism
13. Monarchies - Single-party regimes - Military regimes - Oligarchies - Theocracies - Personalistic regimes
Politics
Revolution
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Civic Engagement
14. 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
Identity
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Qualitative method
15. Political violence by non-state actors against civilian targets
Terrorism
Primordialism
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Criticisms of Rational Choice
16. Force + Legitimacy
Participation
Sovereignty
Constructivism
Authority
17. Selective incentives - Small group size - Social (solidary) incentives - Homogeneity - Others? Duty and altruism? Love?
Collective action problem: causes
Socialism
Transition
Collective action problem: Solutions
18. About agency: we deserve freedom and need to be held meaningfully accountable
Political Factors of Strong States
Constitution
Classic Liberal Argument
Theories
19. 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
District Magnitude
International Relations
Authority
Gender as a Category
20. Basically - density and quality of civil society
Terrorism
Consolidation
Civic Engagement
District Magnitude
21. A formal document that sets up the basic rules of the political game
Subfields of Political Science
Constitution
State Strength
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
22. Also known as interpersonal trust & tolerance
Solidarity
Non-democratic regimes
State Strength
Observational/Evidential
23. Shared sets of meanings
Three types of Political Organization
Culture
Empirical Knowledge
International Relations
24. America's two ideologies (Liberal and Conservative) are two versions of classic liberalism
Collective action problem: Solutions
Threshold
classic Liberalism
Political Party
25. A consciously derived - coherent set of beliefs that offers a comprehensive political program
Criticisms of Rational Choice
(Civil) Society
Ideology
Primordialism
26. Describes the principal characteristics of what has been studied.
classic Liberalism
Observational/Evidential
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
Patronage
27. Political parties - Interest groups - Social movements
Non-democratic regimes
Three types of Political Organization
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Advantages of Social Movements
28. Long-lived - Extreme lack of social pluralism - Well-defined ideology - Against capitalism - Based on Marxist arguments about class solidarity - economic determinism - Socialism run amok?
Political Violence
Why States/Governments
Communism
Madison's dilemma
29. An identity-based community - where the identity is strong enough that we think we should probably be sovereign...
Political Party
Nation
Observational Laws
Terrorism
30. Process tracing through case studies. Requires a well-developed theory and minute examination ('process tracing')
Madison's dilemma
Significance of Collective action problem
Culture
Qualitative method
31. 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
Interest Groups
Comparative Government
Contestation
32. 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'
Revolution
Identity
Fascism
Significance of Collective action problem
33. Hard to amass resources (money and information) - Short-lived - The dilemma of formalization
Collective action problem: causes
Why States/Governments
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Political Science
34. The opportunity to choose among alternative candidates and positions
Contestation
Culture
Social Movements: Causes
Constructivism
35. A consideration of how nations interact with each other within the frameworks of law - diplomacy - and international organizations such as the United Nations.
Consensual
Threshold
International Relations
Socialism
36. Comparative Politics - International Relations - American Politics - (normative) theory or Political Philosophy
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Politics
Civic Engagement
Subfields of Political Science
37. monopoly over the legitimate use of force
Political Theory
Sovereignty
Patronage
Bureaucracy
38. 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
Civic Engagement
Criticisms of Rational Choice
Identity
39. 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
Authority
Primordialism
Liberalism
Constitution
40. (Voluntary) allocation (production and distribution) of goods and services
Method of Inference
Economics
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Observational/Evidential
41. 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
Politics
Regime type
Liberalism
Gender as a Category
42. 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
Sovereignty
Totalitarianism
Solidarity
State
43. 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
Gender as a Process
Conservatism
Social Movements
Political Party
44. 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
Social Movements
Constructivism
Political Theory
Method of Inference
45. equality in political decision making: one vote per person - with all votes counted equally
Quantitative
Collective action problem: Solutions
Political Factors of Strong States
political equality
46. The organized study of government and politics. It borrows from the related disciplines of history - philosophy - sociology - economics - and law.
District Magnitude
Constitution
Culture
Political Science
47. 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
Madison's dilemma
Constructivism
Theories
Solidarity
48. State of nature (collective action problem) - Hobbes' solution: the social contract
Nation
Why States/Governments
Constructivism
Political Party
49. Public administration (civil service). All (non-military) government workers not elected to their posts - but hired (United States beginning in 1880s)
Collective action problem: causes
Three types of Political Organization
Bureaucracy
Participation
50. All voluntary associations/all secondary associations
Madison's dilemma
Method of Inference
Primordialism
(Civil) Society