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CLEP Political Science
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1. An identity-based community - where the identity is strong enough that we think we should probably be sovereign...
Method of Inference
Regime type
Democracy
Nation
2. 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
Consensual
Democracy
Significance of Collective action problem
3. The rules about making the rules - often embodied in a constitution.
Civic Engagement
Regime type
Primordialism
District Magnitude
4. 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
Collective action problem: causes
Liberalism
Sovereignty
District Magnitude
5. An organization that seeks elective office - Currency/instrument: votes
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
Political Party
political equality
Interest Groups
6. The organized study of government and politics. It borrows from the related disciplines of history - philosophy - sociology - economics - and law.
Classic Liberal Argument
Political Science
Consolidation
Observational/Evidential
7. The use of force by states or non-state actors to achieve political goals
political equality
Sovereignty
Political Violence
Collective action problem: Solutions
8. Process tracing through case studies. Requires a well-developed theory and minute examination ('process tracing')
Primordialism
Qualitative method
Liberalism
Majoritarian
9. how many seats are allotted to each electoral district
District Magnitude
Culture
Solidarity
Consolidation
10. Basically - synonymous for statistical method - Large numbers of observational data - 'Control' for confounding factors
State
Participation
Collective action problem: Solutions
Quantitative
11. America's two ideologies (Liberal and Conservative) are two versions of classic liberalism
classic Liberalism
Authority
Terrorism
Politics
12. State of nature (collective action problem) - Hobbes' solution: the social contract
Political Theory
Why States/Governments
Party System
Constructivism
13. A political system controlled by rulers who deny popular participation in government
Liberalism
Regime type
Authoritarianism
Majoritarian
14. Public administration (civil service). All (non-military) government workers not elected to their posts - but hired (United States beginning in 1880s)
Party System
Science
Bureaucracy
International Relations
15. Hypotheses based on what has been observed.
Civic Engagement
Collective action problem: causes
Primordialism
Observational Laws
16. A formal document that sets up the basic rules of the political game
Constitution
Comparative Government
Liberalism
Revolution
17. Political parties - Interest groups - Social movements
Totalitarianism
Authority
Three types of Political Organization
Political Violence
18. 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
Conservatism
Comparative Government
Consolidation
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
19. equality in political decision making: one vote per person - with all votes counted equally
Solidarity
political equality
Political Violence
Observational Laws
20. Use of method of inference to create generalizeable explanations
Science
Regime type
Threshold
Observational Laws
21. Traditionally measured as capacity and autonomy
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
Political Violence
Observational/Evidential
State Strength
22. 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.
classic Liberalism
Lijphart's majoritarian vs. consensual
Culture
Empirical Knowledge
23. 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
Science
Observational/Evidential
Social Movements: Causes
Revolution
24. Long-lived - Extreme lack of social pluralism - Well-defined ideology - Against capitalism - Based on Marxist arguments about class solidarity - economic determinism - Socialism run amok?
Conservatism
Communism
classic Liberalism
Liberalism
25. Energy or righteous zeal wins large numbers of participants - Nimble in framing issues and changing tactics
Political Party
Political Theory
Advantages of Social Movements
Qualitative method
26. 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
Party System
Observational Laws
Gender as a Category
Subfields of Political Science
27. Comparative Politics - International Relations - American Politics - (normative) theory or Political Philosophy
Subfields of Political Science
Democracy
Unicameral Legislature
Types and examples of non-democratic regimes
28. No or low citizen accountability ('subjects' rather than 'citizens') - Reciprocal relationship between leader and selectorate - Totalitarianism vs. authoritarianism
Political Party
Non-democratic regimes
Criticisms of Rational Choice
Social Movements
29. Number of Parties 2 - Constitutional Review: Parliamentary supremacy - Number of chambers: Unicameral/weak bicameral - Federalism: Unitary
Civic Engagement
Majoritarian
Three types of Political Organization
Gender as a Category
30. Charismatic - Rational-legal - Traditional/patrimonial
State Strength
classic Liberalism
Bases of legitimacy/authority in non-democratic regimes
Political Identity
31. 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
Social Movements
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
Party System
During what century did political science emerge as a systemic study? Where?
32. The making of collectively binding decisions
Politics
Political Identity
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Democracy
33. Basically - density and quality of civil society
political equality
Political Party
Civic Engagement
Political Science
34. Any identity that significantly shapes our political decisions
Political Identity
Politics
Madison's dilemma
Science
35. Shared sets of meanings
Regime type
Culture
Civic Engagement
Authority
36. Territorial monopoly over the legitimate use of force. Refers to the government + the people + the territory ('the country')
State
Quantitative
Three types of Political Organization
(Civil) Society
37. Describes the principal characteristics of what has been studied.
Disadvantages of Social Movements
Collective action problem: causes
Observational/Evidential
Formula for allocating seats according to vote
38. 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
Method of Inference
Constructivism
Three types of Political Organization
Science
39. Concentration vs. dispersal of power
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40. All voluntary associations/all secondary associations
Majoritarian
Civic Engagement
Liberalism
(Civil) Society
41. Force + Legitimacy
Majoritarian
Terrorism
Empirical Knowledge
Authority
42. Efficiency vs. representativeness
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43. 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
Consolidation
State
Totalitarianism
Contestation
44. 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
Liberalism
Bureaucracy
Consolidation
Sovereignty
45. 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
Collective action problem: causes
Ideology
Nation
46. A government with a one house legislature.
Fascism
Constitution
Unicameral Legislature
Why States/Governments
47. 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
Conservatism
Solidarity
Socialism
Quantitative
48. A non-meritocratic system in which jobs and contracts are distributed according to partisan support - (The U.S. 'spoils system' of the 19th century')
Gender as a Category
Patronage
Observational/Evidential
Qualitative method
49. 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
Quantitative
Party System
Rational Choice (Individual Level)
50. 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
Ideology
Authoritarianism
Criticisms of Rational Choice
Participation