PS 100 Exam Flashcards

1
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Political game marked by bargaining, cooperation, and balloting

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Accommodation

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2
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Peaceful political game in which participants publicly, willingly disobey in order to dramatize the evil they protest against

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Civil Disobedience

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3
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3 Classifications of Political Games

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Destruction-Accommodation-Conversion

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4
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Political game characterized by peaceful conversion of the opponent

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Conversion

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5
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Political game aimed at the complete destruction of the opponent

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Destruction

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6
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A leader must be both strong and crafty, and willing to do what may not be morally correct

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Lion and the Fox

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7
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Process whereby public values are debated, political actors cooperate and struggle for power, and policy judgments are made and implemented (Who gets what, when, and how)

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Politics

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8
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Ability of one political actor to get another actor to do or not do something

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Power

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9
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One player insisting on total domination encounters resistance and uses physical force to destroy an opponent

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Wipeout

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10
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James Madison’s term for a federal government governing a large territory

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Extensive Republic

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11
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Power over one’s destiny, can be interpreted negatively or positively

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Freedom

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12
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The idea that people are not free when constrained, usually by government regulations

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Negative Freedom

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13
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Why people obey or disobey those demanding their political allegiance, such as a government or state

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Political Obligation

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14
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People are most free when acting rationally and furthering their potential as human beings, usually needing an active government to reach such a level

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Positive Freedom

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15
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Approach to social science emphasizing empirically observable, discoverable, and explicable patterns of behavior

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Behavioralism

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16
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A condition or behavior exists or takes place because of the influence of another factor

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Causality

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17
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Approach to social science emphasizing political phenomena-what has been, what is, what will be

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Empiricism

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18
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Study of the nature of moral standards and choices of judgments and behavior

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Ethics

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19
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The concept that a condition or behavior exists or takes place because of the influence of two or more factors

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Multicausality

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20
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Philosophy stating that humans can only know that which is based on positive, observable scientific data or data derived from sense experience

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Positivism

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21
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Wise judgment about the practical tasks of politics, respectful of sound values and the limitations of reality

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Prudence

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22
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A model that provides conclusions about how politics works that follow deductively from a simple assumption about political actors

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Rational Choice

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23
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Pattern of reasoning used in the systematic search for knowledge; involves identifying the problem, articulating a guiding hypothesis, obtaining evidence to test the hypothesis, and validating and explaining the significance of the hypothesis and the findings that support it

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Scientific Method

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24
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Set of attitudes towards citizenship and politics held by those in a particular nation

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Civic Culture

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25
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18th century, Western movement that believed in reason, freedom, and progress

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Enlightenment

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26
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The hope for a better way of life, especially among those living in the developing world

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Revolution of Rising Expectations

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27
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Privileged, educated, powerful upper class that rules society

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Aritstocracy

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28
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Founding documents listing the structure and rules of a political system, reflecting the political culture

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Constitution

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29
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Rule by the people, usually by elected representatives, under a Constitution that protects basic rights and majority rule

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Democracy

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30
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Part of eternal law known through reason, such as discerning good from evil

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Natural Law

31
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Greek city-state

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Polis

32
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Government by the few, for corrupt and selfish purposes

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Oligarchy

33
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Constitutional government, mixture of democracy and oligarchy

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Polity

34
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Agreement in which a number of people unite for a common political purpose

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Social Contract

35
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Lawless rule by one leader

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Tyranny

36
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Doctrine believing in utility and search for happiness, seeking greatest happiness for greatest number

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Utilitarianism

37
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Subfield relating to system of governance in the United States

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American government and politics

38
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Subfield relating to how countries in the international system interact with each other

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International Relations

39
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Subfield relating to political and governance processes in countries around the world

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Comparative Politics

40
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Subfield relating to study of fundamental questions about governance

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Political theory/philosophy

41
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Component relating to political values, what should be?

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Ethical

42
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Component relating to political phenomena, what is, what has been, what will be?

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Empirical

43
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Component relating to political judgment, what can be?

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Prudential

44
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Task relating to recommending what action ought to be taken

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Ethical Recommendation

45
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Task relating to how political actors carry out their business

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Empirical Understanding

46
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Task relating to providing sensible guidance in political life, making decisions

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Prudential Judgment

47
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Task relating to three previous tasks being unified

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Theoretical Integration

48
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Citizens seek high standard in order to obtain this controversy

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Good Political Life

49
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A national government being boss on its own turf, last word of law in that country

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Soverignty

50
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General acceptance by political actors and citizens that government actions are appropriate and fully accepted

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Legitimacy

51
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A set of systematic claims that attempt to generalize about a process or phenomenon, empirical theories must be testable to be specific

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Theory

52
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Based on observable evidence

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Empirical

53
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Testable implication of a researcher’s theory

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Hypothesis

54
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Observable evidence used to test a theory

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Data

55
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A broad area of study, usually defined by a common topic or methodology

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Discipline

56
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Division within a discipline that examines a particular set of topics and/or uses a particular set of methodologies

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Subfield

57
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Systematic search for knowledge

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Science

58
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Law applies to everyone regardless of status, applied evenly

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Rule of Law

59
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Characterizes situations political actors may be in and provides options

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Game Theory

60
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Awkward to disagree, encourages unanimity

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Groupthink

61
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The co-occurrence of two observable phenomena

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Correlation

62
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A multi-step process that involves the mental visualization of some specific scenario for the purpose of answering a further, more general, and at least partly mental-state-independent question about reality

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Thought experiment

63
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smallest, individual level of analysis

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Micro

64
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middle, group level of analysis

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Meso

65
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large-scale level of analysis, national

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Macro

66
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defines the degree of abstraction to be used in examining some research question

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Level of Analysis

67
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Choices made in the past impact present experiences, present and future choices

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Path Dependence

68
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Believed understanding of good life delved from understanding of human nature

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Aristotle

69
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Good life came from understanding of reality, rule should be by philosopher-kings

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Plato

70
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Pessimistic view that humans can only strive for imperfect political life

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Augustine

71
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Optimistic view that politics were necessary and good

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Aquinas

72
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No good life, only virtu and fortuna, lion and the fox

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Macciavelli

73
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Thought experiment about life without government

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State of Nature