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CLEP Political Science
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1. 19th - in the United States and Western Europe.
Threshold
Unicameral Legislature
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Socialism
2. 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
Empirical Knowledge
Classic Liberal Argument
Democracy
3. 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
Economics
Political Theory
Non-democratic regimes
Primordialism
4. 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
Majoritarian
Gender as a Process
Comparative Government
Solidarity
5. 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
Patronage
Empirical Knowledge
Method of Inference
Gender as a Category
6. Selective incentives - Small group size - Social (solidary) incentives - Homogeneity - Others? Duty and altruism? Love?
Conservatism
Why States/Governments
Collective action problem: Solutions
Science
7. Process tracing through case studies. Requires a well-developed theory and minute examination ('process tracing')
Qualitative method
Social Movements
Quantitative
Socialism
8. 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
Significance of Collective action problem
Identity
Political Identity
Transition
9. 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
Constitution
Observational/Evidential
Criticisms of Rational Choice
10. 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.
Non-democratic regimes
Subfields of Political Science
Gender as a Process
Constitution
11. Charismatic - Rational-legal - Traditional/patrimonial
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Identity
Politics
Criticisms of Rational Choice
12. Historical origins. A reaction to liberalism - Central assumption: 'The highest good of society [is] the maintenance of ordered community and of common values' (p. 28) One of the 3 big idealogies
Authority
Party System
Constructivism
Conservatism
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?
Constitution
Fascism
Social Movements: Causes
Terrorism
14. Public administration (civil service). All (non-military) government workers not elected to their posts - but hired (United States beginning in 1880s)
Bureaucracy
State
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Ideology
15. A government with a one house legislature.
Conservatism
Unicameral Legislature
Transition
Political Theory
16. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Parliamentary supremacy - Number of chambers: Unicameral/weak bicameral - Federalism: Unitary
Social Movements: Causes
Majoritarian
Criticisms of Rational Choice
Unicameral Legislature
17. Monarchies - Single-party regimes - Military regimes - Oligarchies - Theocracies - Personalistic regimes
Method of Inference
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Political Factors of Strong States
Science
18. 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
Communism
Identity
Transition
Significance of Collective action problem
19. The rules about making the rules - often embodied in a constitution.
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
Regime type
Observational Laws
Revolution
20. Territorial monopoly over the legitimate use of force. Refers to the government + the people + the territory ('the country')
classic Liberalism
Utilitarian Justification
State
Political Violence
21. (Voluntary) allocation (production and distribution) of goods and services
Economics
Political Identity
Identity
Interest Groups
22. equality in political decision making: one vote per person - with all votes counted equally
Threshold
Empirical Knowledge
political equality
Madison's dilemma
23. An organization that seeks elective office - Currency/instrument: votes
Utilitarian Justification
Culture
Economics
Political Party
24. The use of force by states or non-state actors to achieve political goals
Political Violence
Authoritarianism
Solidarity
Disadvantages of Social Movements
25. Hypotheses based on what has been observed.
classic Liberalism
Observational Laws
Advantages of Social Movements
Qualitative method
26. 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.
Terrorism
Constructivism
Constitution
Authoritarianism
27. Describes the principal characteristics of what has been studied.
Collective action problem: causes
Bureaucracy
Madison's dilemma
Observational/Evidential
28. The set of relationships among parties in a country - Often categorized by the effective number of parties.
Socialism
Constitution
Culture
Party System
29. The mathematical formula used to allocate the seats according to the vote - Plurality or 'first-past-the-post' - various PR formulas - such as D'Hondt - largest remainders - St. Lague - etc.
Participation
Political Violence
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Classic Liberal Argument
30. Traditionally measured as capacity and autonomy
Consensual
State Strength
Gender as a Category
Liberalism
31. 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
Constitution
Majoritarian
Collective action problem: Solutions
32. The making of collectively binding decisions
Qualitative method
Fascism
Non-democratic regimes
Politics
33. Utility maximization - Preferences: Comparability/Completeness - Transitivity - Probability - Incomplete information and uncertainty about future - Mathematical modeling
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Communism
Transition
Primordialism
34. About agency: we deserve freedom and need to be held meaningfully accountable
Liberalism
Classic Liberal Argument
Authoritarianism
District Magnitude
35. Comparative Politics - International Relations - American Politics - (normative) theory or Political Philosophy
Political Identity
Liberalism
political equality
Subfields of Political Science
36. Analyzing the data that has been collected and offering plausible general principles that can be drawn from what has been observed.
Empirical Knowledge
Utilitarian Justification
Theories
State Strength
37. Efficiency vs. representativeness
38. 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
(Civil) Society
Madison's dilemma
Socialism
Regime type
39. The organized study of government and politics. It borrows from the related disciplines of history - philosophy - sociology - economics - and law.
Political Science
Constructivism
Social Movements: Causes
Comparative Government
40. Use of method of inference to create generalizeable explanations
Transition
Science
Primordialism
Political Party
41. monopoly over the legitimate use of force
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Sovereignty
Conservatism
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
42. Basically - synonymous for statistical method - Large numbers of observational data - 'Control' for confounding factors
Political Science
Quantitative
Method of Inference
Disadvantages of Social Movements
43. 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
Political Theory
Utilitarian Justification
Solidarity
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 Factors of Strong States
Social Movements
Economics
Communism
45. 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
Criticisms of Rational Choice
Political Violence
Politics
Authoritarianism
46. 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
Economics
Why States/Governments
Collective action problem: causes
political equality
47. The opportunity to choose among alternative candidates and positions
Unicameral Legislature
Majoritarian
Contestation
Communism
48. Hard to amass resources (money and information) - Short-lived - The dilemma of formalization
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Theories
State Strength
Regime type
49. Political parties - Interest groups - Social movements
Transition
Culture
Three types of Political Organization
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
50. A political system controlled by rulers who deny popular participation in government
Identity
Socialism
Authoritarianism
Political Theory