Political Theorists
Who was the political philosopher who emphasized natural rights
John Locke
A country where the people hold the power to make decisions is a ____________
Democracy
Data that can be studied in number form is _____________ data
Quantitative
A sovereign territory that is usually controlled by a government
Measures things such as life expectancy, GDP, and education
Human Development Index
Which philosopher promoted ideas of general democracy, eventually prompting the French revolution
Rousseau
A country where all of the power rests in the hands of the elite and they control all of the decisions is ____________
Authoritarian
Data that requires a more holistic review and includes points that cannot be studied as numbers
Qualitative Data
This type of state has a national government as well as lower-level governments that are free to operate without interference from the national government
Federal system
Administrative agencies that help implement policy
Bureaucracy
Described differences in government systems such as democracy, oligarchy, and tyranny
Aristotle
What are two potential differences between authoritarian and democratic regimes?
Voting restrictions, media restrictions, human rights are not equal, etc.
The sum of all monetary values of goods and services produced in a country (need the full name, not just the acronym)
Gross Domestic Product
Define regime
The fundamental rules and norms of politics that embody long term goals guiding freedom or equality
What branch has the purpose of interpreting laws?
Judicial Branch
Social contract theory
Give the correct regime type for Russia, United States, UK, and China
Russia: authoritarian
US: democratic
UK: democratic
China: authoritarian
What is the difference between correlation and causation
Correlation: this is an association between two or more things
Causation: one variable directly causes another
What are three potential responsibilities of the state?
Maintaining order, establishing laws/regulations, education, healthcare, infrastructure
The struggle in any group for power that will give one or more people in charge the ability to make decisions for a group of people
Politics
Who drafted the idea of philosopher kings, where society is ruled by educated leaders who prioritize justice and reason
What are the roots of the word "democracy"
Demos- common people
Kratia- power
List and describe two challenges that comparative scientists face
Multicausality: many variables interacting makes it hard to predict what was the cause
Endogeny: hard to determine what was the cause and what was the effect
Selection bias: hard to study all countries due to political scientists only being experts in specific fields
List two different ways a government can change
Voting, revolution, coup, etc.
A value whereby an institutions is accepted by the government as right and proper, thus giving it authority and power
Legitimacy