Main Argument
Format
General
Definitions
Grab bag
100
Institutions are the “humanly devised constraints that structure economic, political and social interaction” (p.116).
What is the main argument of North?
100
An introduction to a book
What is the format of Fukuyama's The Necessity of Politics?
100
The study of the domestic politics of foreign states.
What is Comparative Politics?
100
The monopoly of force over a given territory.
What is the state?
100
Liberty, participation and competition
What are the essential characteristics of a democracy?
200
States in Africa are weak due to an absence of interstate war.
What is the main argument of Jeffrey Herbst's work?
200
A speech, don't mispronounce his name.
What is the format of Max Weber's Politics as Vocation?
200
Rationalism, Culturalism and Structuralism.
What is the three streams of research identified by Lichbach and Zuckerman?
200
“the entire political entity (state, government, regime) and its citizens”
What is a country?
200
To manage the day to day affairs of the country.
What are the responsibilities of the prime minister?
300
Civil war, though more deadly and more common than interstate war, has received insufficient attention in the scholarly literature
What is the main argument of Laitin and Fearon's work?
300
Fearon and Laitin and Herbst
What are scholarly journal articles?
300
Measurement error and Multiplying observations
What are the two concepts used by Larry Bartels to critique KKV?
300
“the fundamental rules and norms of politics”
What are institutions?
300
Adam Smith
On whose ideas is the political economic system liberalism founded?
400
The division of labor increases productivity.
What is the main argument of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations?
400
Both a speech and a book.
What two formats are Robert Putnam's work that we read for class available in?
400
The goal is inference, the procedures are public, the conclusions are uncertain, the content is the method
What are the characteristics of scientific research identified by King, Keohane and Verba (KKV)?
400
The leadership or elite in charge of running the state.
What is the government?
400
A form of government with democratic institutions that are constantly violated.
What is competitive authoritarianism?
500
The state remains the central actor in the contemporary international system.
What is the main argument of Krasner?
500
One excerpt of his three volume series.
What is the format of Hobsbawm's work that we read for class, and what format is it in originally?
500
This word corresponds with the American usage of the term "administration."
What is government?
500
A set of political institutions to generate and carry out policy.”
What is the state?
500
A system where political integration is valued over cultural integration?
What is the state-nation?
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