political science exam 1
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- What is government?
- Formal institutions through which a land and its people are ruled
- What is the difference between an autocracy and an oligarchy?
- Autocracy rule is by a single individual ( king/queen/dictator) while an oligarchy is ruled by a small group ( landowners/ military officers/ merchants)
- What is a constitutional government?
- System of rule where formal and effective limits are placed on the powers of government.
- What is an authoritarian government?
- A system of rule where a government recognizes no formal limits on its power but may be restrained by the power of social institutions.
- What is a tyrannical government?
- . System of rule where the government recognizes no formal limits on its power.
- Who came up with the first real definition of politics?
- Lasswell
- What is his definition described as?
- Who gets What, When , and How
- The pattern of struggles among interests groups is called group politics or:
- Pluralism
- What is political culture?
- Broadly shared values, beliefs and attitudes about how a government should function.
- Americans are generally trusting of their government
- false
- Political Efficacy is :
- The public’s belief that they can influence government.
- Political Knowledge is:
- The accumulation of information and experience about political processes.
- Political Science is
- The study of the processes, principles, and structure of government and of political institutions; politics.
- The two political science types are
- Normative and Empirical
- What is Unit of Analysis?
- The primary component being used to examine political behavior.
- . Empirical thinking is:
- How the world is, measure problem and figure out how to reduce problem/enhance quality of life.
- Normative thinking is :
- How we would like the world to be, about values/beliefs, tends to be more theoretical/ideological views of politics.
- What is the world population?
- 6.7 billion
- How do we measure ethnic demographics?
- A Census
- What is the greatest problem that we have with this vehicle?
- The uncertainty of identity
- What is the most extreme form of political participation?
- Violence
- U.S. Democracy
- Majority Rule + Minority Rights
- A Republic is where
- Rule of law is paramount over majority rule
- What is majoritorian? What is counter-majoritorian?
- Majoritorian- To protect majority always Counter-Majoritorian- To protect minority view always
- The U.S is founded on
- Majority Rule
- Hobbes’ views on politics were
- Pessimistic- life is “ nasty, brutish and short†and there is a need for a strong government leader to preserve order and liberty
- Locke’s views on politics were
- Optimistic- there is no divine right to rule (monarchy) and government should derive its power from and protect the rights of its people.