Exam 1 terms

Question 1

Social contract theorists

Answer 1

Theorists such as Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and jean-jacque Rousseau that focus mostly on the power relationship between gov and the individual.

Question 2

Normative theory

Question 3

Ancient political thinkers

Answer 3

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle

Question 4

Socialism

Answer 4

A political system in which the means of production, distribution, and exchange are mostly owned by the state, and used, at least in theory, on behalf of the people.

Question 5

Power (hard)

Question 6

Power (soft)

Question 7

Sandra Day O’Connor

Question 8

Public opinion polls

Question 9

Leviathan

Answer 9

Classic text written by Thomas Hobbes that sets out to prove the correctness of machiavelli’s contention that power rather than justice is the most important variable in studying politics.

Question 10

Harold Laswell

Question 11

Anarchism

Question 12

Arab Spring

Question 13

Richard Neustadt

Question 14

Behavioralism

Question 15

Thomas Jefferson

Question 16

Communism

Question 17

Libertarianism

Question 18

Counterinsurgency

Question 19

Fascism