Political Science
the problem of distinguishing cause from effect
What is endogeneity?
An institution that is recognized and accepted as right and proper by the public.
What is legitimate?
a public seizure of the state in order to overturn the existing government and regime.
What is Revolution?
the total market value of all goods and products produced in a year
GDP
When nonstate actors primarily target state institutions such as the military, it is considered ________.
What is guerrilla warfare?
This theory assumes generally explainable and predictable behavior by individuals.
Rational choice/game theory
The substance of politics is inevitably bound up in the struggle between these two concepts.
freedom and liberty
An identity that can lead to feelings of pride and the belief in a separate, sovereign political destiny
This type of economic pattern has increased for most countries around the world over the past two decades.
Economic Liberalization
This type of conflict is often bound up with religion and/or political conspiracy theories.
"Cosmic War"
states to carry out actions or policies within a territory independent of external actors or internal rivals.
What is sovereignty?
traditional, charismatic, and rational-legal
What are Max Weber's 3 forms of political legitimacy?
people or groups who believe in restoring structures and values that they believe once existed.
What are reactionaries?
Causes lowering prices, unemployment, and less spending.
What does persistent deflation cause?
Groups of religious fundamentalism that have led to terrorism tend to have this in common.
What is hostility to modernity?
studying the causes of democracy by looking only at cases with outcomes of democracy
What is selection bias?
a country that has no direct taxation of its people, but its citizens are limited in what they can earn because the wages are fixed. No matter what the citizen’s age or job is, the state provides for their health costs, education, and retirement, even though the quality of those services may be low. If a citizen does have cash, they can only buy private goods illegally on the black market.
Describe a communist country?
Revolutionary studies shifted their emphasis from the public to the state.
Skocpol's Third phase of revolution
When the previous Zimbabwean currency became so devalued that it was actually cheaper to use it as toilet paper than to buy actual toilet paper from a store.
What is an example of hyperinflation?
Type of violence that oten results in less freedom and equality
What are revolutions?
Maria constructs a series of hypotheses that might explain why some countries have strong networks of interest groups and civic organizations, whereas other countries do not. Maria then gathers data to test the validity of her hypotheses.
What is an example of deductive reasoning?
guides the state regarding individual freedom and collective equality, where power should reside, and how power should be used.
What is a regime?
This idea is common to both communist and social democratic ideologies, but is lacking in fascism.
What is belief in the potential of individuals?
a restriction that limits the number of imported televisions to less than half the amount that had been imported the previous year
What is a nontariff regulatory barrier?
One an independent state as a core goal, while the other does not.
What is the difference between national and ethnic conflict?