Political science

Biological

Aristotle's View that, like herd animals, humans naturally live in groups is most related to which kind of explanation for political power

local systems that make decisions on their own

At the heart of the concept of a federal system is

freedom

Classic Liberals and modern liberals generally agree on benefits of

1. Free market 2. mercentalism

Classic liberalism advocates a ___1__ economic policy, contrary to the economic system that Adam Smith refuted, which was known as ___2___

classic conservatism

Edmund Burke believed in a free market economic system; he also believed that humans are irrational and therefore certain institutions and standards of morality are necessary to control those irrational impulses. What ideology is this a description of?

States, provinces, department

Examples of first-order civil divisions

States

First order civil divisions in the United states are represented by

one party

How many parties exist in a totalitarian regime?

republic

Most contemporary countries are considered _____, which means they are political systems without monarchs.

Authority

Political leaders have _____ when they are respected by their people and are able to exercise their power without interference from the population.

two turnover test

Political scientist Samuel Huntington argued that states were stable democracies once they had experienced ______

Theories

Political scientist build _____ by making connections among empirical data

limit government, station of national ideals, formalizes structure of government, establishes legitimacy of government, balances majorities/minorities

Purposes of constitutions

Comparative Politics

Sub-field of political science that examines the politics within other countries and tries to establish generalizations and theories about regime type, stability, and policy.

international relations

Sub-field of political science that studies politics among countries, including conflict and diplomacy.

Power

The ability to shape others' behavior is known as

classic liberalism

The economic theory of Adam Smith serves as the basis of what ideology?

Political Theory

The subfield of ____ studies major thinkers and attempts to define the good polity

classic liberalism

Thomas Jefferson said "That government is the best that governs the least," what ideology does this exemplify?

Master Science

To indicate the comprehensive nature of the discipline, Aristotle called political science

Order, freedom, justice, skills, knowledge, diligence, uprightness, probity, marriage and family, rights.

Topics discussed in Dr. Dan's article

Passivity and obedience

What do authoritarian leaders seek from their citizens?

modern liberalism

What ideology argues that free market is not as self-regulating as Adam Smith first thought because there was a natural drift toward monopoly that produces a weak lower class?

Marxist socialism

What ideology believes that the capitalist system should be eliminated for the good of society?

nationalism

What ideology influenced French revolutionaries as well as European colonies throughout the world to fight for independence?

fascism

What ideology represents an extreme form of nationalism with additional elements of socialism and militarism?

decentralization (devolution)

What process shifts some administration functions from the central government to lower levels (sub-national units such as states or provinces)?

devolution

What process shifts some powers from the central government to component units? (as seen in Britain's recent policies towards Scotland, Wales, and North Ireland)

totalitarianism

What regime type forces all-encompassing ideology on the people, including their own theory of history, economics, and future political and social development?

judicial review

What term refers to the ability of courts to decide if laws are constitutional or not?

economic rights

What type of rights guarantees people adequate material standards of living?

federal states (federalism)

What type of states have power balanced between the capital and autonomous subdivisions so that some decision-making authority is reserved for the nation and some is reserved for the subdivisions?

confederation

What type of system concentrates power in the sub-national component parts (states, provinces, etc) which means they can override the center?

unitary system

What type of system has its power centralized in the nation's capital and administrative subdivisions have little autonomy?

center-periphery tension

When a remote area of a country resents being ruled by the government is known as _______

Historians = Unique things Political scientist = make generalizations

Which best explains the differences between historians and political scientist

statism

Which economic system is characterized by government ownership of industry but little redistribution of wealth?

Periodic elections

Which feature of democracy may still exist in an authoritarian regime?

decision making

Which of the following would highlight a critical downside of unitary systems

Locke, Rousseau, and Hobbes

Which political philosophers are considered "contractualists"?

Limited Government, Free Market

Which statement would accurately describe the relationship between classical liberalism and modern conservatism

Polocies

Why have U.S states been called laboratories of democracy

constitutionalism

With its beginnings in the Magna Carta, _____ means that the power of government is limited.

totalitarian

___ states regularly use organized terror and violence against their citizens to maintain control and achieve their goals.

modern liberalism

____ favors government intervention in order to correct the economic and social ills created by an unfair free market.

nation

____ is a population with a sense of cohesiveness based on a shared history of language or culture

social democracy

____ stand for a mild form of socialism and stress welfare measures but not state ownership of industry.

state

_____ a government structure that is usually sovereign and powerful enough to enforce its rule.

Lenin

_____ altered Marx's theory to attribute the inevitable downfall of capitalism to imperialism.

Pluralist

_____ model of politics presents policy as a product of pressures from multiple interest groups.

human rights

______ are the freedom from government mistreatment such as arrest, torture, jail, and death without due process.

constitution

a ____ is/are the rules and customs, either written or unwritten, by which a government conducts its affairs.

limited and responsive

which of the following would be expected in a state that practices constitutionalism

Gradually, not over night

how do class conservatives address issue of change

controlled corruption

one benefit of frequent alteration of power is

1) socialist 2) welfare

A __1___ practices state ownership and redistributes extensive welfare benefits while a __2__ state owns little or no industry but does redistribute wealth to those that are in need.

ideology

A belief system, a plan for improving society, or a "verbal image of the good society, and of the chief means constructing such a society"

legitimate

A government is considered ________ if the people accept the government's rule

Equality, no private property

A marxist utopia would include which of the following elements

Democratic

A media that is critical of its nation's government is typically

Free Market

A modern liberal would most likely support which of the following proposals

Comparative Politics

A political scientist who studies the politics of several eastern European countries following the fall of the soviet union would, most specifically, be considered an expert in the subfield of

direct/pure

A referendum is a type of _____ democracy.

sovereign

A state is _____ when the national government rules without outside interference and has the last word of domestic laws.

Political Power

Actor A's ability to get Actor B to get what it wants despite Actor B's wants.

civil rights

If you were claiming that you had the right to participate in politics and society through voting and free speech, what types of rights would you be making claim to?

fascism

In 20th century Italy and Germany, nationalism grew into _____

Free Market (Laissez- Faire)

In a _____ the government owns little or no industry and redistributes little in the form of welfare programs.

obedient/ has censorship

In an authoritarian country, the media is _________

the social contract, state of nature and why it exists

Locke, Hobbes, and Rousseau presented theories on _____

Elections

Main way democratic governments are held accountable is through