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CLEP Political Science

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1. A consideration of how nations interact with each other within the frameworks of law - diplomacy - and international organizations such as the United Nations.






2. A government with a one house legislature.






3. 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.






4. Warfare and military technology - Economic: development of trade and manufacturing and new financial/fiscal instruments - Cultural: Enlightenment - (There are also Environmental/geographic factors)






5. Utility maximization - Preferences: Comparability/Completeness - Transitivity - Probability - Incomplete information and uncertainty about future - Mathematical modeling






6. it works better in the long run - less risk/variability






7. Analyzing the data that has been collected and offering plausible general principles that can be drawn from what has been observed.






8. 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






9. 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'






10. 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






11. The set of relationships among parties in a country - Often categorized by the effective number of parties.






12. Basically - density and quality of civil society






13. A formal document that sets up the basic rules of the political game






14. Process tracing through case studies. Requires a well-developed theory and minute examination ('process tracing')






15. Describes the principal characteristics of what has been studied.






16. Comparative Politics - International Relations - American Politics - (normative) theory or Political Philosophy






17. (Voluntary) allocation (production and distribution) of goods and services






18. 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.






19. 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






20. Basically - synonymous for statistical method - Large numbers of observational data - 'Control' for confounding factors






21. Monarchies - Single-party regimes - Military regimes - Oligarchies - Theocracies - Personalistic regimes






22. 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






23. Hard to amass resources (money and information) - Short-lived - The dilemma of formalization






24. Selective incentives - Small group size - Social (solidary) incentives - Homogeneity - Others? Duty and altruism? Love?






25. A consciously derived - coherent set of beliefs that offers a comprehensive political program






26. America's two ideologies (Liberal and Conservative) are two versions of classic liberalism






27. Long-lived - Extreme lack of social pluralism - Well-defined ideology - Against capitalism - Based on Marxist arguments about class solidarity - economic determinism - Socialism run amok?






28. 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






29. Any identity that significantly shapes our political decisions






30. Political violence by non-state actors against civilian targets






31. how many seats are allotted to each electoral district






32. Regime where the rulers are accountable to the ruled.






33. when you must get a minimum percent of votes to have your votes count or (sometimes) to retain your party registration






34. Shared sets of meanings






35. 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






36. About agency: we deserve freedom and need to be held meaningfully accountable






37. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Judicial Review - Number of chambers: bicameral - Federalism: Federal






38. Use of method of inference to create generalizeable explanations






39. Charismatic - Rational-legal - Traditional/patrimonial






40. 19th - in the United States and Western Europe.






41. No or low citizen accountability ('subjects' rather than 'citizens') - Reciprocal relationship between leader and selectorate - Totalitarianism vs. authoritarianism






42. The use of force by states or non-state actors to achieve political goals






43. Political parties - Interest groups - Social movements






44. A political system controlled by rulers who deny popular participation in government






45. 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






46. All voluntary associations/all secondary associations






47. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Parliamentary supremacy - Number of chambers: Unicameral/weak bicameral - Federalism: Unitary






48. 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






49. 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.






50. The organized study of government and politics. It borrows from the related disciplines of history - philosophy - sociology - economics - and law.







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