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CLEP Political Science
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1. An identity-based community - where the identity is strong enough that we think we should probably be sovereign...
Theories
Transition
Collective action problem: Solutions
Nation
2. Efficiency vs. representativeness
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3. it works better in the long run - less risk/variability
Liberalism
Gender as a Process
Constitution
Utilitarian Justification
4. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Parliamentary supremacy - Number of chambers: Unicameral/weak bicameral - Federalism: Unitary
Majoritarian
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Quantitative
Madison's dilemma
5. 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
Quantitative
Participation
Consolidation
Democracy
6. Hard to amass resources (money and information) - Short-lived - The dilemma of formalization
Nation
Revolution
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Economics
7. Territorial monopoly over the legitimate use of force. Refers to the government + the people + the territory ('the country')
Empirical Knowledge
State
Collective action problem: Solutions
Political Theory
8. 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
Socialism
Fascism
Quantitative
Non-democratic regimes
9. 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
Collective action problem: Solutions
Primordialism
Political Science
Method of Inference
10. Political parties - Interest groups - Social movements
Socialism
Three types of Political Organization
Transition
International Relations
11. 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
Social Movements
Economics
Subfields of Political Science
Ideology
12. 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
Primordialism
Transition
Constructivism
Culture
13. 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?
Social Movements
Threshold
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
Fascism
14. Individual rationality does not always lead to collective rationality - Walking on the grass - Policy implementation is problematic - Voting; protests; interest groups; etc. are underprovided (Olson's point)
Political Violence
Significance of Collective action problem
Collective action problem: Solutions
Democracy
15. Basically - synonymous for statistical method - Large numbers of observational data - 'Control' for confounding factors
Politics
Quantitative
Comparative Government
Subfields of Political Science
16. State of nature (collective action problem) - Hobbes' solution: the social contract
Liberalism
Why States/Governments
Conservatism
Classic Liberal Argument
17. A formal document that sets up the basic rules of the political game
Why States/Governments
Qualitative method
Democracy
Constitution
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.
Fascism
Participation
Political Theory
Civic Engagement
19. A government with a one house legislature.
State Strength
Unicameral Legislature
Ideology
Transition
20. 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'
Identity
Consensual
Revolution
Collective action problem: causes
21. Analyzing the data that has been collected and offering plausible general principles that can be drawn from what has been observed.
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
Method of Inference
Theories
Bureaucracy
22. 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
Totalitarianism
Fascism
Political Factors of Strong States
Regime type
23. 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
(Civil) Society
Liberalism
Primordialism
24. 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?
Collective action problem: causes
Observational/Evidential
Primordialism
25. All voluntary associations/all secondary associations
Quantitative
Social Movements
(Civil) Society
Empirical Knowledge
26. Public administration (civil service). All (non-military) government workers not elected to their posts - but hired (United States beginning in 1880s)
Consolidation
Bureaucracy
Science
Gender as a Category
27. The use of force by states or non-state actors to achieve political goals
Political Theory
Primordialism
Comparative Government
Political Violence
28. No or low citizen accountability ('subjects' rather than 'citizens') - Reciprocal relationship between leader and selectorate - Totalitarianism vs. authoritarianism
political equality
Gender as a Category
Non-democratic regimes
Patronage
29. Regime where the rulers are accountable to the ruled.
Consensual
Why States/Governments
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Democracy
30. Monarchies - Single-party regimes - Military regimes - Oligarchies - Theocracies - Personalistic regimes
Political Factors of Strong States
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Transition
Subfields of Political Science
31. A consciously derived - coherent set of beliefs that offers a comprehensive political program
Communism
Terrorism
Ideology
Empirical Knowledge
32. Political violence by non-state actors against civilian targets
Ideology
Significance of Collective action problem
Contestation
Terrorism
33. A political system controlled by rulers who deny popular participation in government
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Three types of Political Organization
Authoritarianism
classic Liberalism
34. 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.
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Criticisms of Rational Choice
Constitution
International Relations
35. when you must get a minimum percent of votes to have your votes count or (sometimes) to retain your party registration
Economics
(Civil) Society
State
Threshold
36. Traditionally measured as capacity and autonomy
State Strength
Primordialism
Nation
Science
37. An organization that seeks elective office - Currency/instrument: votes
Subfields of Political Science
Liberalism
Political Party
Classic Liberal Argument
38. Any identity that significantly shapes our political decisions
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Patronage
Political Identity
Social Movements: Causes
39. (Voluntary) allocation (production and distribution) of goods and services
State Strength
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Economics
Consensual
40. Force + Legitimacy
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Fascism
Classic Liberal Argument
Authority
41. Comparative Politics - International Relations - American Politics - (normative) theory or Political Philosophy
Identity
Majoritarian
Ideology
Subfields of Political Science
42. equality in political decision making: one vote per person - with all votes counted equally
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
Quantitative
Unicameral Legislature
political equality
43. Also known as interpersonal trust & tolerance
Social Movements: Causes
Nation
Solidarity
Disadvantages of Social Movements
44. 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.
Transition
Empirical Knowledge
Social Movements: Causes
Theories
45. 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
Empirical Knowledge
Communism
Political Violence
46. 19th - in the United States and Western Europe.
Primordialism
political equality
Liberalism
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
47. Selective incentives - Small group size - Social (solidary) incentives - Homogeneity - Others? Duty and altruism? Love?
Madison's dilemma
Patronage
Liberalism
Collective action problem: Solutions
48. Long-lived - Extreme lack of social pluralism - Well-defined ideology - Against capitalism - Based on Marxist arguments about class solidarity - economic determinism - Socialism run amok?
Regime type
Gender as a Category
International Relations
Communism
49. Shared sets of meanings
Terrorism
Civic Engagement
Interest Groups
Culture
50. The set of relationships among parties in a country - Often categorized by the effective number of parties.
Subfields of Political Science
Gender as a Category
Party System
Socialism