Poli sci quiz 1

Question 1

“polis”

Answer 1

greek word for city state

Question 2

“politika”

Answer 2

the things concerning the polis

Question 3

political science

Answer 3

• systematic studies of politics
  -social science that focuses on systems of governance and power
  -study of the state and its organs
  -social, cultural and psychological factors that affect government
  -power from domestic, international, and comparative perspectives

Question 4

subfields of politics

Answer 4

-political theory/philosophy
-comparative politics
-international relations
-public policy

Question 5

political theory

Answer 5

-political ideologies
-political philosophy
-critical theory

Question 6

comparative politics

Answer 6

-area studies ( china, Canada, Latin America)

Question 7

international relations

Answer 7

-international institutions
-strategic studies

Question 8

critical theory

Answer 8

-domestic
-foreign policy

Question 9

methodologies- qualitative

Answer 9

-historical/institutional
-elite interviews
-ethnography (close observation)

Question 10

methodologies- quantitative

Answer 10

-aggregate data
-individual data
-surveys
-experiements

Question 11

methodologies-comparative methods

Answer 11

-ex. compares Albertas covid 19 response to other Canadian provinces

Question 12

the ‘canon’

Answer 12

• a sanctioned or accepted group or body of related works

Question 13

political theory: the ancients

Answer 13

-socrates, platos, Aristotle
-reflections in the origins of political institutions
-concepts are used to interpret and organize political life such as justice and equality
-relation between the aims of ethics and the nature of politics

Question 14

political theory: enlightenment thinkers

Answer 14

-Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau
-compared advantages of organized government with disadvantages of the state of nature
-reasonable people accepted this as voluntary obligation

Question 15

political theory: classical liberals

Answer 15

• John Locke, Adam smith, js mill, James Madison
  -individual liberty
  -free speech
  -religious freedom
  -economic self-interest

Question 16

political theory: Karl Marx

Answer 16

-owners of production are wealthy because they sell goods at a price that makes them profit
-capitalism generates contradictions between rich and poor
-this leads to working class revolution

Question 17

comparative politics

Answer 17

-studies and compares political phenomena that occur within the broader context of the state
-politics of foreign countries
-domestic politics
-studies similarities and differences between political systems

Question 18

international relations

Answer 18

-studies interactions (of cooperation and conflict) between states
-takes up questions of international, transactional, regional and global politics and how they influence national and local politics

Question 19

international relations- liberal

Answer 19

-free market incents state to cooperate
-domestic actors help shape foreign policy
-economic and social issues matter
-international organizations and multicultural corporations all matter
-power is important but not sole driver

Question 20

international relations- realist

Answer 20

• states are the only important actors in international policies
  -unitary actors: people/institutions within state don’t matter
  -states interest are survival and territorial sovereignty
  -aims are security and power

Question 21

hypotheses

Answer 21

-independent variable (factors that affect outcomes)
-dependent variable ( outcome)

Question 22

most different systems

Answer 22

-compared cases that may have contextual differences, but similarities in the dependent variable

Question 23

most similar systems

Answer 23

-compares cases that have contextual similarities, but differences in the dependent variable