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CLEP Political Science

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1. 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)






2. Regime where the rulers are accountable to the ruled.






3. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Judicial Review - Number of chambers: bicameral - Federalism: Federal






4. A government with a one house legislature.






5. Force + Legitimacy






6. 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






7. equality in political decision making: one vote per person - with all votes counted equally






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






9. 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.






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






11. An organization that seeks elective office - Currency/instrument: votes






12. Political parties - Interest groups - Social movements






13. Also known as interpersonal trust & tolerance






14. 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






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






16. 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






17. 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?






18. Basically - density and quality of civil society






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






20. All voluntary associations/all secondary associations






21. 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






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






23. Hypotheses based on what has been observed.






24. how many seats are allotted to each electoral district






25. monopoly over the legitimate use of force






26. A consideration of how nations interact with each other within the frameworks of law - diplomacy - and international organizations such as the United Nations.






27. 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






28. Efficiency vs. representativeness

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29. 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






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






31. A formal document that sets up the basic rules of the political game






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






33. Long-lived - Extreme lack of social pluralism - Well-defined ideology - Against capitalism - Based on Marxist arguments about class solidarity - economic determinism - Socialism run amok?






34. The opportunity to choose among alternative candidates and positions






35. 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.






36. 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






37. 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






38. 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'






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. Comparative Politics - International Relations - American Politics - (normative) theory or Political Philosophy






44. 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






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






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






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






48. Describes the principal characteristics of what has been studied.






49. The organized study of government and politics. It borrows from the related disciplines of history - philosophy - sociology - economics - and law.






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