CPS Readings Flashcards
Aristotle
Political community is organic
King, Keohane, and Verba
Causal inferences, public methods, etc.
Popper
Make a bold claim and refute
Collier and Levitsky
Diminished subtypes
Mahoney and Villegas
Comparative-historical analysis (Mill’s Methods)
Diamond
Guns, germs, and steel
Frank
Metropolis-satellite communities
Skocpol
Structural; class-based social revolutions
McNamara
Tolerated EU banal authority
Weber
Monopoly on the use of force; history, charisma, rule of law
Laitin
Floral and tipping model
Levitsky and Ziblatt
Populists rise by alliance with insiders
Anderson
Imagined and limited communities
Wimmer (social compact)
Justifies the social compact with like over like
Wimmer (violence)
Nation-states cause violence (creation and power vacuum)
King
Electoral systems
Duverger
Simple majority, 1 ballot creates 2-party system
Lijphart
Consensus/proportional vs. Westminster/majoritarian
Soudriette and Ellis
Electoral systems are important for political development
Htun
Cross-cutting vs. coinciding; quotas vs. reservations
Pitkin
Mandate-independence problem
Taagepera and Shugart
Electoral rules can manipulate the electoral outcome
Cheibub
Parliamentary system is better than presidential system, but the presidential system can be reformed
Elazar
Federalism leads to power sharing and diversity
Acemoglu
Institutions > geography
Acemoglu and Robinson
Political institutions create political processes, which create economic institutions, which influence economic incentives
Huntington
Political gap; when mobilization > institution, leads to instability
Hardin
Tragedy of the commons
De Tocqueville
Equality leads to institutions
Gill
Hegemonic religions want regulations
Zakaria
State/church/business created modern liberty
Gryzmala-Busse
Religious doctrines influence social politics
Gill
Religious economy; secularization and fundamentalism do not explain because of pluralism
