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CLEP Political Science
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1. The use of force by states or non-state actors to achieve political goals
Classic Liberal Argument
State Strength
Political Violence
Observational/Evidential
2. Process tracing through case studies. Requires a well-developed theory and minute examination ('process tracing')
Qualitative method
Political Violence
Political Theory
Democracy
3. Concentration vs. dispersal of power
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4. Situation where all fully qualified citizens have an equal say
classic Liberalism
District Magnitude
Participation
Transition
5. 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'
Advantages of Social Movements
Political Violence
Revolution
Political Science
6. how many seats are allotted to each electoral district
Qualitative method
District Magnitude
Revolution
Interest Groups
7. Comparative Politics - International Relations - American Politics - (normative) theory or Political Philosophy
Social Movements: Causes
Significance of Collective action problem
Theories
Subfields of Political Science
8. About agency: we deserve freedom and need to be held meaningfully accountable
Collective action problem: Solutions
Gender as a Category
Classic Liberal Argument
Transition
9. 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
Communism
Criticisms of Rational Choice
Political Violence
political equality
10. 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
Revolution
Non-democratic regimes
Authoritarianism
Liberalism
11. The rules about making the rules - often embodied in a constitution.
Gender as a Category
Regime type
Constitution
Constructivism
12. All voluntary associations/all secondary associations
Method of Inference
State
Disadvantages of Social Movements
(Civil) Society
13. monopoly over the legitimate use of force
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Interest Groups
Collective action problem: Solutions
Sovereignty
14. (Voluntary) allocation (production and distribution) of goods and services
Criticisms of Rational Choice
Comparative Government
Transition
Economics
15. The set of relationships among parties in a country - Often categorized by the effective number of parties.
Party System
Political Violence
Consolidation
District Magnitude
16. The making of collectively binding decisions
Political Theory
Constructivism
Three types of Political Organization
Politics
17. 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
Culture
Political Party
Significance of Collective action problem
18. 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
Empirical Knowledge
District Magnitude
Political Party
19. Political violence by non-state actors against civilian targets
Party System
Constitution
Terrorism
Why States/Governments
20. A formal document that sets up the basic rules of the political game
Authority
International Relations
Constitution
Contestation
21. 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
Patronage
Economics
Collective action problem: causes
Conservatism
22. 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
Gender as a Process
Political Identity
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
23. A political organization that primarily uses lobbying - Currency/instrument: money - information - numbers
Patronage
Constitution
Interest Groups
Civic Engagement
24. Energy or righteous zeal wins large numbers of participants - Nimble in framing issues and changing tactics
Political Party
Non-democratic regimes
Advantages of Social Movements
Consensual
25. it works better in the long run - less risk/variability
Subfields of Political Science
Transition
Utilitarian Justification
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
26. An identity-based community - where the identity is strong enough that we think we should probably be sovereign...
Authority
Nation
Party System
Bureaucracy
27. 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
Political Party
Primordialism
Comparative Government
Constitution
28. 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.
District Magnitude
Political Party
Constitution
Gender as a Process
29. Warfare and military technology - Economic: development of trade and manufacturing and new financial/fiscal instruments - Cultural: Enlightenment - (There are also Environmental/geographic factors)
Criticisms of Rational Choice
Political Factors of Strong States
Contestation
Politics
30. A political system controlled by rulers who deny popular participation in government
Madison's dilemma
Authoritarianism
Qualitative method
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
31. The opportunity to choose among alternative candidates and positions
Contestation
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Method of Inference
Social Movements: Causes
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?
State
Regime type
Advantages of Social Movements
Communism
33. when you must get a minimum percent of votes to have your votes count or (sometimes) to retain your party registration
Social Movements
Authoritarianism
Threshold
political equality
34. Utility maximization - Preferences: Comparability/Completeness - Transitivity - Probability - Incomplete information and uncertainty about future - Mathematical modeling
Economics
Revolution
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Political Factors of Strong States
35. Basically - synonymous for statistical method - Large numbers of observational data - 'Control' for confounding factors
Quantitative
Significance of Collective action problem
Fascism
Conservatism
36. America's two ideologies (Liberal and Conservative) are two versions of classic liberalism
classic Liberalism
Madison's dilemma
Authoritarianism
Political Identity
37. A consideration of how nations interact with each other within the frameworks of law - diplomacy - and international organizations such as the United Nations.
International Relations
Interest Groups
Authority
Authoritarianism
38. An organization that seeks elective office - Currency/instrument: votes
(Civil) Society
Party System
Political Party
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
39. Political parties - Interest groups - Social movements
Three types of Political Organization
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Criticisms of Rational Choice
Ideology
40. equality in political decision making: one vote per person - with all votes counted equally
Identity
Non-democratic regimes
Gender as a Category
political equality
41. 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
Science
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
42. No or low citizen accountability ('subjects' rather than 'citizens') - Reciprocal relationship between leader and selectorate - Totalitarianism vs. authoritarianism
Threshold
Patronage
Nation
Non-democratic regimes
43. 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
State Strength
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Social Movements: Causes
Patronage
44. 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.
Economics
Political Theory
Regime type
Solidarity
45. Regime where the rulers are accountable to the ruled.
Civic Engagement
Democracy
District Magnitude
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
46. A non-meritocratic system in which jobs and contracts are distributed according to partisan support - (The U.S. 'spoils system' of the 19th century')
Bureaucracy
Observational Laws
Political Science
Patronage
47. Any identity that significantly shapes our political decisions
Liberalism
Political Science
Political Identity
Ideology
48. Describes the principal characteristics of what has been studied.
Conservatism
Observational/Evidential
Sovereignty
Unicameral Legislature
49. Charismatic - Rational-legal - Traditional/patrimonial
Communism
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Revolution
Gender as a Category
50. 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
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
Constructivism
Political Party
Method of Inference