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CLEP Political Science
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1. Long-lived - Extreme lack of social pluralism - Well-defined ideology - Against capitalism - Based on Marxist arguments about class solidarity - economic determinism - Socialism run amok?
Constitution
Authoritarianism
Communism
Ideology
2. 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
Method of Inference
Sovereignty
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
Disadvantages of Social Movements
3. how many seats are allotted to each electoral district
Non-democratic regimes
District Magnitude
Science
Political Science
4. Energy or righteous zeal wins large numbers of participants - Nimble in framing issues and changing tactics
Participation
Advantages of Social Movements
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Constitution
5. 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
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Identity
6. Hard to amass resources (money and information) - Short-lived - The dilemma of formalization
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Sovereignty
Nation
Qualitative method
7. Selective incentives - Small group size - Social (solidary) incentives - Homogeneity - Others? Duty and altruism? Love?
Collective action problem: Solutions
Observational/Evidential
(Civil) Society
Political Violence
8. monopoly over the legitimate use of force
Regime type
Sovereignty
Liberalism
Consensual
9. 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
Democracy
Fascism
Majoritarian
10. Warfare and military technology - Economic: development of trade and manufacturing and new financial/fiscal instruments - Cultural: Enlightenment - (There are also Environmental/geographic factors)
Sovereignty
Interest Groups
Political Factors of Strong States
Participation
11. Charismatic - Rational-legal - Traditional/patrimonial
Interest Groups
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Political Science
12. equality in political decision making: one vote per person - with all votes counted equally
Interest Groups
political equality
Science
Social Movements
13. 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.
Theories
Political Theory
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Constitution
14. 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
Comparative Government
Disadvantages of Social Movements
State Strength
Empirical Knowledge
15. 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
Consensual
(Civil) Society
Authoritarianism
Totalitarianism
16. Basically - synonymous for statistical method - Large numbers of observational data - 'Control' for confounding factors
Political Party
Participation
Quantitative
Disadvantages of Social Movements
17. America's two ideologies (Liberal and Conservative) are two versions of classic liberalism
classic Liberalism
Comparative Government
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
Disadvantages of Social Movements
18. The making of collectively binding decisions
Politics
Comparative Government
Liberalism
Party System
19. Process tracing through case studies. Requires a well-developed theory and minute examination ('process tracing')
Advantages of Social Movements
Sovereignty
Qualitative method
Non-democratic regimes
20. Political violence by non-state actors against civilian targets
Terrorism
Constitution
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Social Movements
21. Force + Legitimacy
Authority
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
Civic Engagement
Culture
22. 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
Threshold
Constructivism
Science
Regime type
23. 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
State
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
District Magnitude
Socialism
24. Shared sets of meanings
Culture
Social Movements: Causes
Majoritarian
Sovereignty
25. An organization that seeks elective office - Currency/instrument: votes
Political Party
Interest Groups
Economics
Method of Inference
26. About agency: we deserve freedom and need to be held meaningfully accountable
Classic Liberal Argument
Liberalism
Theories
Political Violence
27. Regime where the rulers are accountable to the ruled.
classic Liberalism
Democracy
Non-democratic regimes
Politics
28. 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
Unicameral Legislature
Revolution
Identity
Consolidation
29. Comparative Politics - International Relations - American Politics - (normative) theory or Political Philosophy
Observational Laws
Empirical Knowledge
Culture
Subfields of Political Science
30. A political organization that primarily uses lobbying - Currency/instrument: money - information - numbers
State Strength
Interest Groups
Empirical Knowledge
Classic Liberal Argument
31. The rules about making the rules - often embodied in a constitution.
Regime type
Interest Groups
political equality
Constructivism
32. Territorial monopoly over the legitimate use of force. Refers to the government + the people + the territory ('the country')
State
Conservatism
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Social Movements
33. when you must get a minimum percent of votes to have your votes count or (sometimes) to retain your party registration
Threshold
Communism
Observational Laws
Solidarity
34. Hypotheses based on what has been observed.
Ideology
Observational Laws
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Patronage
35. (Voluntary) allocation (production and distribution) of goods and services
Theories
Empirical Knowledge
Economics
Identity
36. 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
Utilitarian Justification
Social Movements: Causes
Collective action problem: Solutions
classic Liberalism
37. Situation where all fully qualified citizens have an equal say
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Participation
Observational Laws
Threshold
38. Describes the principal characteristics of what has been studied.
Conservatism
Collective action problem: Solutions
Observational/Evidential
Advantages of Social Movements
39. 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
Totalitarianism
Participation
Subfields of Political Science
Consolidation
40. A government with a one house legislature.
Unicameral Legislature
political equality
Criticisms of Rational Choice
Primordialism
41. A consciously derived - coherent set of beliefs that offers a comprehensive political program
Ideology
International Relations
Political Violence
Comparative Government
42. Political parties - Interest groups - Social movements
Gender as a Category
Three types of Political Organization
Unicameral Legislature
Qualitative method
43. Efficiency vs. representativeness
44. The use of force by states or non-state actors to achieve political goals
Science
Utilitarian Justification
Sovereignty
Political Violence
45. A political system controlled by rulers who deny popular participation in government
Authoritarianism
Utilitarian Justification
Democracy
Collective action problem: Solutions
46. 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.
Observational Laws
Culture
Liberalism
Empirical Knowledge
47. 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'
Ideology
Revolution
Civic Engagement
Why States/Governments
48. 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
Majoritarian
Threshold
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Conservatism
49. 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
Sovereignty
Totalitarianism
Constructivism
Transition
50. Analyzing the data that has been collected and offering plausible general principles that can be drawn from what has been observed.
Primordialism
Theories
Majoritarian
Gender as a Process