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Exam #1 Flashcards

1
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What is politics?

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the subset of human behavior that involves the use of power

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What is a hypothesis?

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an educated guess deduced from observations that can be falsified

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What is a theory?

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a set of logically consistent statements that tell us why the things that we observe occur.

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What is a collective action problem (CAP)?

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a dilemma in which the opposing parties would be better off by collaborating, but fail to do so due to a conflicting interest between individuals that discourages collective action.

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Tragedy of the Commons

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people have their own rational incentive for exploitation of resources, leading to overexploitation.

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What are the two proposed solutions to collective action problems (CAPs)?

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1) Regulation enforcement

2) Privatization sovereignty

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What is game theory?

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it is a way to conceptualize cause and effect relationships, particularly those between countries, showing that the actions of one country will influence the actions of the other

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Prisoner’s Dilemma Game

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the idea that collective irrationality leads prisoners to confess

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What is the solution to the Prisoner’s Dilemma Game?

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silence

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What is the contractarian view of the state?

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the creation of the state results from a social contract between individuals in the state of nature in which the state provides security in exchange for obedience from the citizen.

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What is the State Fragility Index?

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a measure of the stability of states around the world, ranking from alert to sustainable

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What is the state of nature?

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situations in which there is no state or form of government, an idea developed by Thomas Hobbes on the basis that humankind without a sense of order are savages

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What is the dilemma faced by individuals in the state of nature?

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the lack of a common power to provide stability

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What is preference ordering?

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the way in which a player ranks the different outcomes of a game

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What is nash equilibrium?

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a combination of strategies, one for each player, such that each player in the game would not want to unilaterally change her strategy given the strategy adopted by the other player.

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How is the nash equilibrium calculated?

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by putting the two equilibrium strategies together to form a strategy combination

17
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What are cardinal payoffs?

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how much a player values one outcome over another

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What is a social contract?

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an implicit agreement among individuals in the state of nature to create and empower the state

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What is a natural right?

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a universal right that is inherent in the nature of living beings

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What is a civil right?

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a right given to people by law

21
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What is sovereignty?

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the ability for a state to govern itself; supreme authority of the state

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What differentiates the civil society game from the state of nature game?

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the introduction of a sovereign figure that punishes individuals for choosing to steal

23
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What is the predatory view of the state?

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states build from each other by making war

24
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What did Charles Tilly say on the predatory theory of the state?

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“war makes states”

25
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What is the significance of the cod wars?

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Iceland fought Great Britain after Great Britain encroached on Iceland’s nautical territory. Iceland won after three wars, preventing overfishing and leading to the establishment of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)

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What are the three principles of game theory?

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exit, voice, and loyalty

27
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What is a nation-state?

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a group of people with a collective identity

28
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What is an ideology?

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an idea system

29
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When are people more vulnerable to conversion by ideologies?

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if there is a wrenching social change

30
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What is the ideal of the left side of the spectrum?

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humans are fundamentally plastic, can be bad or good. Communist

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What is the ideal of the right side of the spectrum?

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humans are inherently bad, need society to provide leadership and structure. Fascist

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What is the central ideal of the spectrum?

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humans are both fixed and plastic. Liberalist

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Why is the left-right spectrum important?

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enables comparison across countries to better understand their ideals

34
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What is stateness?

A

the capacity of the government to solve collective action problems

35
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What is nationalism?

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identification with one’s own state and prioritizing its needs over others

36
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What is Islamism?

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Islamic militancy

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