PS 100 Exam Flashcards
Political game marked by bargaining, cooperation, and balloting
Accommodation
Peaceful political game in which participants publicly, willingly disobey in order to dramatize the evil they protest against
Civil Disobedience
3 Classifications of Political Games
Destruction-Accommodation-Conversion
Political game characterized by peaceful conversion of the opponent
Conversion
Political game aimed at the complete destruction of the opponent
Destruction
A leader must be both strong and crafty, and willing to do what may not be morally correct
Lion and the Fox
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)
Politics
Ability of one political actor to get another actor to do or not do something
Power
One player insisting on total domination encounters resistance and uses physical force to destroy an opponent
Wipeout
James Madison’s term for a federal government governing a large territory
Extensive Republic
Power over one’s destiny, can be interpreted negatively or positively
Freedom
The idea that people are not free when constrained, usually by government regulations
Negative Freedom
Why people obey or disobey those demanding their political allegiance, such as a government or state
Political Obligation
People are most free when acting rationally and furthering their potential as human beings, usually needing an active government to reach such a level
Positive Freedom
Approach to social science emphasizing empirically observable, discoverable, and explicable patterns of behavior
Behavioralism
A condition or behavior exists or takes place because of the influence of another factor
Causality
Approach to social science emphasizing political phenomena-what has been, what is, what will be
Empiricism
Study of the nature of moral standards and choices of judgments and behavior
Ethics
The concept that a condition or behavior exists or takes place because of the influence of two or more factors
Multicausality
Philosophy stating that humans can only know that which is based on positive, observable scientific data or data derived from sense experience
Positivism
Wise judgment about the practical tasks of politics, respectful of sound values and the limitations of reality
Prudence
A model that provides conclusions about how politics works that follow deductively from a simple assumption about political actors
Rational Choice
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
Scientific Method
Set of attitudes towards citizenship and politics held by those in a particular nation
Civic Culture
18th century, Western movement that believed in reason, freedom, and progress
Enlightenment
The hope for a better way of life, especially among those living in the developing world
Revolution of Rising Expectations
Privileged, educated, powerful upper class that rules society
Aritstocracy
Founding documents listing the structure and rules of a political system, reflecting the political culture
Constitution
Rule by the people, usually by elected representatives, under a Constitution that protects basic rights and majority rule
Democracy