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| The study of politics in foreign countries in comparison to the student's home country |
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| What are assumptions of the rational choice theory? |
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.Information provided to people is perfect
.Peoples actions are in self interest
.Decision making is cost involved |
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| What is political science used to do? |
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| Find out the truth (law-like generalization) about politics |
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| Comparative politics gives... |
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| a need to compare (advantages and disadvantages of different political systems) |
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| approach that seeks to provide an objective, quantified approach to explaining and predicting political behavior |
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| bottom up quest for general laws based on the use of surveys and statistics |
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| Used to explain path-dependencies within societies and differences in development between them |
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| structures that appear w/consistency throughout society |
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| a society's way of doing things due to common histories, traditions, customs, world-views, and value systems |
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| Political scientists use political culture to... |
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| explain broad and enduring differences between societies |
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| What are three methods of comparison? |
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.Single case study
.Most similar design
.Most different design |
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| What are three dimensions/orientations of political beliefs? |
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.Cognitive
.Affective
.Evaluative |
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| Cognitive political belief |
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| Affective political belief |
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| Evaluative political belief |
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| A belief in the virtue of preserving traditional values and social institutions and of promoting loyalty to country, reliance on family, and adherence to religion |
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| What two assumptions does conservatism make about individuals? |
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1. Individuals are not consistently rational
2. Individuals are unequal in intelligence, skills, and status |
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| Under conservatism, individuals belong... |
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| to different groups that are unequal in power, status, and material possessions |
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| Under conservatism, individual liberty is valued, but only... |
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| within a framework of mutual responsibility in the society. |
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| Under conservatism, forced equality is... |
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| unwise because it disrupts the natural, cooperative hierarchy among groups, causes social conflict, and endangers the fundamental goal of order and stability |
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| Classical liberalism definition |
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| Ideology that places highest value on individual freedom and says that the role of government should be quite limited. |
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| 2 contrasts of classical liberalism to conservatism |
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1. each person is rational and responsible and is the best judge of what is in their self interest
2. there is no higher value in classical liberalism than the freedom of the individual to pursue their natural rights |
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| Liberalism says that a person's full capabilities can be realized only if... |
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| they are not limited by a social order in which tradition and hierarchy are dominant |
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| Each person should be free to pursue their economic goals by any legal activity and to amass as much property and wealth as possible |
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| Classical liberalism says that equality... |
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| before the law is important, but government should not attempt to create material equality |
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| doctrine that the useful is the good; the aim was said to be the greatest happiness for the greatest number |
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| system dominated by a laissez faire market economy in which economic actors are generally free from state constraints |
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| Liberalism is bad because people ultimately only care about themselves |
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| M Keynes believes this of liberalism |
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| M Keynes says liberalism does not... |
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| set any standards, give us any guidelines, etc |
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| Socialism assumes this about individuals |
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| That they are decent, and should be perfected |
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| Socialism says it is up to the state to... |
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| mold person into perfect human |
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| Socialism says people should care more for the _______ than the _______. |
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| Marxist/original socialists thought humans could.... |
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| prepare for evolution to communism, but cannot stop it |
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| Lenin school of socialism |
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| usually have to wait for societies to develop before transition to communism from socialism |
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| Individual vs Collective values |
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| Individual beliefs are much simpler and narrower than collective |
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| The configuration of a particular people's political orientations |
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| Traditional approach that attempts to capture the essence of a people's political culture involves... |
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| national character studies |
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| Materialist values are also known as... |
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| Exhibit high concern for economic and physical security, as supported by stong national defense, order maintenance, and economic growth |
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| Postmaterialist values are aka... |
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| emphasize a subjective well being and quality of life, as supported by a more esthetically satisfying environment, freedom of expression, and more personal power in social and political life. |
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| Secular-rational (modern) values |
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| Opposite on matters to traditional values |
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| Conventional political participation |
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| Using routine channels to influence govt/society |
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.system threatening acts
.riots, rebellions, revolution, civil war
.political assassinations
.civil disobedience
.corruption
.withholding services (tax evasions, draft evasion) |
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| On what basis can national affiliation be established for a group of people? |
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.ethnic/cultural/blood-line (German model)
.secular/state (Anglo-French model) |
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| Nationalism as consequence of the needs of industrial society- modernization leads to nationalism |
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| Nationalism as enduring characteristic of human society |
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| a territorial bound sovereign entity |
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| Says that a state has the right to resist and reject any aggression, invasion, or intervention within its territorial boundaries |
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| different bureaucracies and agencies providing general services |
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| Enforceable and recognized borders |
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| multi-national even though the pretense is nationalism to increase state power |
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| Sovereignty is usually internationally recognized unless... |
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| the govt is committing serious human rights violations against its own citizens |
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| "Right of blood"; "Right of territory" |
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| Feeling that people naturally attract to others they are compatible with |
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| How can the state be conceived in relation to society? |
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.As distinct from society (bureaucracy controlling legitimate violence)
.As controlled by a part of society (controlled by the strongest classes)
.As a representation of society (different groups rotating through power) |
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| A system in which the political rights and interests of individuals are subordinated, usually by coercion, to the interest of the state |
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| A system in which the political rights and interests of individuals are subordinated, usually by coercion, to the interest of the state |
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| Political system where govt's allocation of values and its control penetrate into virtually every aspect of its people's lives |
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| Characteristics of an ideal democracy |
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.Majority rule
.Limited govt |
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| A legislative branch is responsible for... |
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.representation
.law-making
.oversight |
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| Legislative branches are usually __________ or __________. |
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| Executive branch is responsible for... |
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.policy initiation
.policy implementation
.security/military leadership
.diplomacy and treaties |
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| Modern government administrations are... |
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| extensive system of people who interpret, administer, and enforce the executive branch's policy directives |
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| reference to law and the corresponding legal system developed through decisions of courts and similar tribunals (called case law), rather than through legislative statutes or executive action |
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| seeks to resolve non-criminal disputes such as disagreements over the meaning of contracts, property ownership, divorce, child custody, and damages for personal and property damage |
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| The Law according to islamic teaching and values |
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