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CLEP Political Science
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1. 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
Economics
Identity
Socialism
Quantitative
2. Charismatic - Rational-legal - Traditional/patrimonial
State
Political Identity
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Theories
3. The set of relationships among parties in a country - Often categorized by the effective number of parties.
Gender as a Process
Totalitarianism
Comparative Government
Party System
4. Efficiency vs. representativeness
5. A government with a one house legislature.
Constitution
Consensual
Unicameral Legislature
Sovereignty
6. About agency: we deserve freedom and need to be held meaningfully accountable
Madison's dilemma
Comparative Government
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Classic Liberal Argument
7. Analyzing the data that has been collected and offering plausible general principles that can be drawn from what has been observed.
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Subfields of Political Science
Political Science
Theories
8. All voluntary associations/all secondary associations
Terrorism
classic Liberalism
(Civil) Society
Communism
9. 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
Transition
Party System
Gender as a Process
Observational/Evidential
10. America's two ideologies (Liberal and Conservative) are two versions of classic liberalism
Empirical Knowledge
classic Liberalism
Subfields of Political Science
Party System
11. An organization that seeks elective office - Currency/instrument: votes
Non-democratic regimes
Political Violence
Political Party
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
12. A consciously derived - coherent set of beliefs that offers a comprehensive political program
Politics
Majoritarian
Ideology
Participation
13. Regime where the rulers are accountable to the ruled.
Democracy
political equality
Method of Inference
Advantages of Social Movements
14. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Parliamentary supremacy - Number of chambers: Unicameral/weak bicameral - Federalism: Unitary
Majoritarian
Constitution
Theories
Socialism
15. monopoly over the legitimate use of force
Sovereignty
Science
Unicameral Legislature
(Civil) Society
16. Hard to amass resources (money and information) - Short-lived - The dilemma of formalization
Bureaucracy
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Majoritarian
International Relations
17. 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
Constitution
Communism
(Civil) Society
Liberalism
18. A political organization that primarily uses lobbying - Currency/instrument: money - information - numbers
Constitution
State Strength
Interest Groups
Democracy
19. Situation where all fully qualified citizens have an equal say
International Relations
Contestation
Consolidation
Participation
20. 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.
Majoritarian
Political Identity
Social Movements
Gender as a Process
21. 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.
Utilitarian Justification
Threshold
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Method of Inference
22. 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
Participation
Comparative Government
Quantitative
Conservatism
23. Force + Legitimacy
Consolidation
Political Factors of Strong States
International Relations
Authority
24. Process tracing through case studies. Requires a well-developed theory and minute examination ('process tracing')
Qualitative method
Collective action problem: causes
Observational Laws
Three types of Political Organization
25. Territorial monopoly over the legitimate use of force. Refers to the government + the people + the territory ('the country')
Patronage
Threshold
State
Social Movements
26. Also known as interpersonal trust & tolerance
Terrorism
Solidarity
Nation
Socialism
27. Shared sets of meanings
Unicameral Legislature
Culture
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
28. 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
Theories
Civic Engagement
Gender as a Category
Collective action problem: causes
29. Basically - synonymous for statistical method - Large numbers of observational data - 'Control' for confounding factors
Political Party
Subfields of Political Science
Participation
Quantitative
30. Traditionally measured as capacity and autonomy
Politics
State Strength
Identity
District Magnitude
31. how many seats are allotted to each electoral district
Terrorism
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Utilitarian Justification
District Magnitude
32. Long-lived - Extreme lack of social pluralism - Well-defined ideology - Against capitalism - Based on Marxist arguments about class solidarity - economic determinism - Socialism run amok?
Communism
Empirical Knowledge
Classic Liberal Argument
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
33. Basically - density and quality of civil society
Empirical Knowledge
State
Civic Engagement
Constitution
34. Public administration (civil service). All (non-military) government workers not elected to their posts - but hired (United States beginning in 1880s)
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
Consolidation
Qualitative method
Bureaucracy
35. 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 Theory
Fascism
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Revolution
36. The making of collectively binding decisions
Unicameral Legislature
Classic Liberal Argument
Politics
Advantages of Social Movements
37. Hypotheses based on what has been observed.
Comparative Government
Observational Laws
(Civil) Society
Observational/Evidential
38. 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
State Strength
Three types of Political Organization
Political Science
39. 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
Conservatism
Three types of Political Organization
Sovereignty
Utilitarian Justification
40. Concentration vs. dispersal of power
41. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Judicial Review - Number of chambers: bicameral - Federalism: Federal
Communism
Consensual
Political Violence
Socialism
42. 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
Consolidation
Sovereignty
Method of Inference
Majoritarian
43. Energy or righteous zeal wins large numbers of participants - Nimble in framing issues and changing tactics
Empirical Knowledge
Political Factors of Strong States
Advantages of Social Movements
Socialism
44. No or low citizen accountability ('subjects' rather than 'citizens') - Reciprocal relationship between leader and selectorate - Totalitarianism vs. authoritarianism
Non-democratic regimes
Observational Laws
Socialism
classic Liberalism
45. A political system controlled by rulers who deny popular participation in government
Democracy
Ideology
Authoritarianism
Madison's dilemma
46. Warfare and military technology - Economic: development of trade and manufacturing and new financial/fiscal instruments - Cultural: Enlightenment - (There are also Environmental/geographic factors)
Science
Gender as a Category
Why States/Governments
Political Factors of Strong States
47. Political parties - Interest groups - Social movements
Gender as a Category
Patronage
Constitution
Three types of Political Organization
48. 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
Democracy
State Strength
Totalitarianism
Comparative Government
49. An identity-based community - where the identity is strong enough that we think we should probably be sovereign...
Gender as a Process
Nation
Consensual
State Strength
50. Political violence by non-state actors against civilian targets
Terrorism
Social Movements
Collective action problem: causes
Civic Engagement