Introductory Material
Collective Action
Presidency
Texas Executive
Texas Bureaucracy
100
What are the four pillars of the “Greek” consensus that collapsed in the Middle Ages?
What is the Catholic Church, divine right of kings, large armies, and an uneducated population.
100
Which Political Theory holds that politics is a struggle between groups rather than individuals?
What is Pluralism Theory.
100
What are the two (2) things that make the Presidency of the US unique?
He is both Head of State and Head of Government, and he is both powerful and weak simultaneously.
100
What are the four (4) restrictions on the Texas Governor set by the Constitution of 1876?
What are 2 year terms, few formal powers, few appointments, and the plural executive.
100
What is the most significant limitation of power for the Governor of Texas?
What is the plural executive.
200
What kind of political philosophy is Representation based on?
What is Liberalism.
200
What are the five (5) sub fields of Political Science?
What are comparative politics, American politics, international relations, political theory, and public administration.
200
Neustadt (a Presidential scholar) claims that the Presidential power is the power to....
What is persuade.
200
What is one (1) informal power of the Texas Governor?
What is border issues, national policy making (education), high political profile, or the governorship as a stepping stone to national office.
200
What is the most powerful office in Texas, as the presiding officer of the Texas Senate?
What is the Lieutenant Governor.
300
For Hobbes, who or what granted a citizen's rights? For Locke?
What is the State (Leviathan). For Locke, our Creator (God).
300
What are the two (2) qualities of Public Goods?
What are non rivalrous, and non excludable.
300
Which President used the lend-lease program, which led to the United States involvement in WWII?
Who is Franklin Roosevelt (FDR).
300
What are the characteristics of most Texas Governors?
What are WASPS (White Anglo-Saxon Protestants). Law experience, conservatives, farmer/rancher mythos.
300
What is the significance of the Comptroller of Public Accounts?
What is collecting taxes and auditing the spending of the state (determines if the budget it balanced or not).
400
From whom did we get our idea of a three-branch government system?
Who is Montesquieu in the 'Trias Politica.'
400
Where is the Nash Equilibrium in this game? (See board)
What is Cell 4.
400
The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 gave the President control of...
What is fiscal policy.
400
What commission was created by James Hogg?
What is the Texas Railroad Commission
400
What is the responsibility of the Texas Railroad Commission?
What is oil and gas.
500
Why did Direct Democracy work in Ancient Greece, but wouldn't work in America today?
What is a homogeneous population.
500
What is a Transaction Cost?
What is a cost incurred in making an economic exchange, excluding the price.
500
According to Barber, what is the worst typology of a president? The best?
What is Active, Negative. What is Active, Positive.
500
Which Texas Governor granted too many pardons?
Who is Ma Ferguson.
500
What is the only office in the plural executive that is appointed by the Governor, and not elected?
What is the Secretary of State.
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