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CLEP Political Science
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1. 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
Unicameral Legislature
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Criticisms of Rational Choice
Solidarity
2. Force + Legitimacy
Collective action problem: Solutions
political equality
Authority
Collective action problem: causes
3. (Voluntary) allocation (production and distribution) of goods and services
Economics
Political Science
Sovereignty
State
4. equality in political decision making: one vote per person - with all votes counted equally
Observational Laws
political equality
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Primordialism
5. A consciously derived - coherent set of beliefs that offers a comprehensive political program
Solidarity
Regime type
Participation
Ideology
6. 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
Sovereignty
Contestation
Social Movements: Causes
Political Factors of Strong States
7. Analyzing the data that has been collected and offering plausible general principles that can be drawn from what has been observed.
Theories
Empirical Knowledge
Political Violence
State
8. 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
Economics
Qualitative method
Significance of Collective action problem
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
Totalitarianism
Politics
Classic Liberal Argument
10. Use of method of inference to create generalizeable explanations
Science
Transition
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Socialism
11. how many seats are allotted to each electoral district
District Magnitude
International Relations
Science
Comparative Government
12. Political violence by non-state actors against civilian targets
Science
Method of Inference
Terrorism
Culture
13. Energy or righteous zeal wins large numbers of participants - Nimble in framing issues and changing tactics
Democracy
Criticisms of Rational Choice
Observational/Evidential
Advantages of Social Movements
14. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Judicial Review - Number of chambers: bicameral - Federalism: Federal
Unicameral Legislature
Liberalism
Consensual
Collective action problem: causes
15. 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
Three types of Political Organization
Gender as a Category
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Collective action problem: causes
16. Efficiency vs. representativeness
17. Also known as interpersonal trust & tolerance
Solidarity
Three types of Political Organization
Comparative Government
Liberalism
18. Charismatic - Rational-legal - Traditional/patrimonial
Three types of Political Organization
Authoritarianism
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
19. All voluntary associations/all secondary associations
(Civil) Society
Revolution
Political Science
District Magnitude
20. 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.
Constitution
Communism
Political Party
classic Liberalism
21. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Parliamentary supremacy - Number of chambers: Unicameral/weak bicameral - Federalism: Unitary
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Collective action problem: causes
Qualitative method
Majoritarian
22. Process tracing through case studies. Requires a well-developed theory and minute examination ('process tracing')
Authority
Nation
Qualitative method
Classic Liberal Argument
23. Comparative Politics - International Relations - American Politics - (normative) theory or Political Philosophy
Participation
Regime type
Consolidation
Subfields of Political Science
24. State of nature (collective action problem) - Hobbes' solution: the social contract
Politics
Constitution
Why States/Governments
Three types of Political Organization
25. 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.
Gender as a Process
Authority
Utilitarian Justification
Political Identity
26. 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
Democracy
Method of Inference
Patronage
27. Public administration (civil service). All (non-military) government workers not elected to their posts - but hired (United States beginning in 1880s)
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Political Party
Communism
Bureaucracy
28. Monarchies - Single-party regimes - Military regimes - Oligarchies - Theocracies - Personalistic regimes
Civic Engagement
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Transition
29. when you must get a minimum percent of votes to have your votes count or (sometimes) to retain your party registration
State
Collective action problem: causes
(Civil) Society
Threshold
30. Political parties - Interest groups - Social movements
Three types of Political Organization
District Magnitude
Contestation
Culture
31. 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
Three types of Political Organization
Primordialism
Significance of Collective action problem
Nation
32. Traditionally measured as capacity and autonomy
State
State Strength
Consolidation
Politics
33. 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
Bureaucracy
Consensual
Science
Method of Inference
34. Hard to amass resources (money and information) - Short-lived - The dilemma of formalization
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Non-democratic regimes
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Economics
35. Hypotheses based on what has been observed.
Comparative Government
Party System
(Civil) Society
Observational Laws
36. 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
District Magnitude
Social Movements
Constructivism
Science
37. 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
Subfields of Political Science
Constitution
Party System
Conservatism
38. 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
Majoritarian
Classic Liberal Argument
Liberalism
Civic Engagement
39. The organized study of government and politics. It borrows from the related disciplines of history - philosophy - sociology - economics - and law.
Social Movements: Causes
Political Science
Gender as a Category
Political Factors of Strong States
40. 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.
Qualitative method
Empirical Knowledge
Advantages of Social Movements
Interest Groups
41. it works better in the long run - less risk/variability
Social Movements: Causes
Economics
Utilitarian Justification
Disadvantages of Social Movements
42. A political system controlled by rulers who deny popular participation in government
Authoritarianism
Social Movements
Consolidation
Ideology
43. An organization that seeks elective office - Currency/instrument: votes
political equality
Nation
Political Party
Collective action problem: causes
44. Situation where all fully qualified citizens have an equal say
Non-democratic regimes
Solidarity
Participation
International Relations
45. 19th - in the United States and Western Europe.
Why States/Governments
Significance of Collective action problem
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Empirical Knowledge
46. 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
Patronage
Conservatism
Constructivism
Social Movements
47. 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
Observational/Evidential
State
Transition
Science
48. A political organization that primarily uses lobbying - Currency/instrument: money - information - numbers
Collective action problem: Solutions
Civic Engagement
Democracy
Interest Groups
49. 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
Political Theory
Totalitarianism
International Relations
Madison's dilemma
50. The rules about making the rules - often embodied in a constitution.
Constructivism
Regime type
Identity
Contestation