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CLEP Political Science
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1. America's two ideologies (Liberal and Conservative) are two versions of classic liberalism
Socialism
International Relations
Empirical Knowledge
classic Liberalism
2. Efficiency vs. representativeness
3. (Voluntary) allocation (production and distribution) of goods and services
Qualitative method
Economics
State Strength
District Magnitude
4. Describes the principal characteristics of what has been studied.
Observational/Evidential
Party System
Patronage
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
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
Constructivism
Identity
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Political Identity
6. The set of relationships among parties in a country - Often categorized by the effective number of parties.
Constitution
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Party System
Bureaucracy
7. 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
Transition
Political Science
Gender as a Category
Socialism
8. Political parties - Interest groups - Social movements
Non-democratic regimes
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Three types of Political Organization
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
9. 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
Collective action problem: Solutions
Advantages of Social Movements
Conservatism
10. 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
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Gender as a Category
Majoritarian
Participation
11. when you must get a minimum percent of votes to have your votes count or (sometimes) to retain your party registration
Bureaucracy
Threshold
Observational Laws
Culture
12. An identity-based community - where the identity is strong enough that we think we should probably be sovereign...
Politics
Political Party
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Nation
13. A consciously derived - coherent set of beliefs that offers a comprehensive political program
Ideology
Threshold
Politics
International Relations
14. 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
Classic Liberal Argument
Subfields of Political Science
Social Movements: Causes
Terrorism
15. 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.
Authority
Party System
(Civil) Society
Constitution
16. Hard to amass resources (money and information) - Short-lived - The dilemma of formalization
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Primordialism
Political Theory
Disadvantages of Social Movements
17. A political system controlled by rulers who deny popular participation in government
Constitution
Advantages of Social Movements
District Magnitude
Authoritarianism
18. About agency: we deserve freedom and need to be held meaningfully accountable
(Civil) Society
Quantitative
Classic Liberal Argument
Gender as a Category
19. how many seats are allotted to each electoral district
District Magnitude
Democracy
Sovereignty
Political Identity
20. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Judicial Review - Number of chambers: bicameral - Federalism: Federal
Consensual
Political Science
Consolidation
Revolution
21. Territorial monopoly over the legitimate use of force. Refers to the government + the people + the territory ('the country')
Political Identity
Terrorism
State
Method of Inference
22. 19th - in the United States and Western Europe.
Ideology
Consolidation
Political Identity
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
23. Traditionally measured as capacity and autonomy
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Empirical Knowledge
Observational Laws
State Strength
24. Utility maximization - Preferences: Comparability/Completeness - Transitivity - Probability - Incomplete information and uncertainty about future - Mathematical modeling
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Consensual
Primordialism
Threshold
25. Charismatic - Rational-legal - Traditional/patrimonial
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Collective action problem: causes
Contestation
Culture
26. The opportunity to choose among alternative candidates and positions
Observational/Evidential
Ideology
Fascism
Contestation
27. 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.
Observational/Evidential
Method of Inference
classic Liberalism
Gender as a Process
28. Energy or righteous zeal wins large numbers of participants - Nimble in framing issues and changing tactics
Bureaucracy
Democracy
Advantages of Social Movements
Terrorism
29. Process tracing through case studies. Requires a well-developed theory and minute examination ('process tracing')
Political Identity
Qualitative method
Contestation
Social Movements: Causes
30. A political organization that primarily uses lobbying - Currency/instrument: money - information - numbers
Interest Groups
Socialism
Politics
Revolution
31. No or low citizen accountability ('subjects' rather than 'citizens') - Reciprocal relationship between leader and selectorate - Totalitarianism vs. authoritarianism
Economics
Non-democratic regimes
Why States/Governments
Liberalism
32. 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)
Consolidation
Significance of Collective action problem
Political Identity
Subfields of Political Science
33. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Parliamentary supremacy - Number of chambers: Unicameral/weak bicameral - Federalism: Unitary
Participation
Majoritarian
(Civil) Society
Constitution
34. The use of force by states or non-state actors to achieve political goals
Three types of Political Organization
Culture
Subfields of Political Science
Political Violence
35. Analyzing the data that has been collected and offering plausible general principles that can be drawn from what has been observed.
classic Liberalism
Culture
Nation
Theories
36. Any identity that significantly shapes our political decisions
Sovereignty
Party System
Political Identity
Political Factors of Strong States
37. 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
Unicameral Legislature
Ideology
Bureaucracy
Comparative Government
38. Also known as interpersonal trust & tolerance
Communism
Solidarity
Interest Groups
Conservatism
39. 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
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Totalitarianism
Consolidation
Contestation
40. 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
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Social Movements: Causes
Consolidation
Sovereignty
41. 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
Regime type
Social Movements
Primordialism
International Relations
42. Basically - density and quality of civil society
Social Movements
Civic Engagement
Non-democratic regimes
Participation
43. Warfare and military technology - Economic: development of trade and manufacturing and new financial/fiscal instruments - Cultural: Enlightenment - (There are also Environmental/geographic factors)
Totalitarianism
Revolution
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Political Factors of Strong States
44. 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
Political Party
Constitution
Social Movements
Collective action problem: causes
45. Force + Legitimacy
Authority
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
Party System
Civic Engagement
46. 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
Political Theory
Interest Groups
Identity
47. 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
Liberalism
Collective action problem: causes
Democracy
Political Identity
48. All voluntary associations/all secondary associations
(Civil) Society
Collective action problem: Solutions
Regime type
Observational/Evidential
49. Process or moment of changing from one regime type to another Ex: Arab Springs (Causes: cultural or economice - or military culture) - (int'l factors: U.S. foreign policy - Soviet foreign policy - Changes to Catholic doctrine - EU accession - Globali
Totalitarianism
Transition
(Civil) Society
Patronage
50. Utility: self-interest - but what constitutes self-interest? Material self-interest? Economics - Politics. Example: vote maximization - The gospel Failures of rationality - Really incomplete information & satisfaction - Intransitivity and other cogni
Science
Criticisms of Rational Choice
Interest Groups
Constitution