Political Knowledge & Analysis
Political Theory & Beliefs
States & Nations/Political Institutions
Policy, Power & Decisions
Potpourri
100

Science moves away from this type of evidence.

What is anecdotal evidence?

100
A comprehensive set of beliefs about the political world. 

What is a political ideology? 

100

A powerful commitment to the advancement of the interests of an individual's own nation

What is nationalism?

100

Type of policy that the main objective is to limit actions.

What is regulatory policies?

100

This theorist characterized society into the capitalist class and the proletariat class.

Who is Karl Marx?

200

To construct a solid argument, you can use the ARE method, which stands for this.

What is Assertion, Reasoning, and Evidence?

200

The theory that a small minority of economic and political elites should hold the most power in the government.

What is elite theory?

200

A group with deeply shared fundamental identification usually denotes this concept.

What is a nation?

200

In this process, party members select/endorse candidates to represent them.

What is a primary?

200

He is the "founding father" of classical liberalism.

Who is John Locke?

300

Political Science subfield that studies topics such as neocolonialism, causes of interstate conflict, globalization, or interstate conflict resolution

What is international relations?

300

The ideas of the welfare state are most consistent with this ideology.

What is socialism? 

300

The premise that each state is the ultimate source of law within its own boundaries.

What is sovereignty? 

300

The assumption that many politically different resources can influence policy decisions is central to which approach? 

What is the pluralist approach?

300

In trade, these are two tools used to limit foreign competition.

What are tariffs and quotas?

400

This source of political knowledge can be a document, tradition, or person believed to possess an explanation regarding an issue.

What is Authority? 

400

The ideology that advocates individual freedom, limited government, and laissez-faire economics.

What is classical liberalism? 

400

Decisions that are accepted as binding by the people affected. 

What are authoritative decisions?

400

The stages of this include: problem identification, problem definition, specification of alternatives, policy selection, implementation, and evaluation.

What is the policy process? 

400

Land, labor, and capital are three major factors of this.

What is production?

500

The type of political knowledge likely utilized within a persuasive essay on the legalization of gay marriage in the U.S.

What is prescriptive knowledge?

500

The assumptions and broad beliefs that guide ideologies.

What is normative political theory?

500

The doctrine that states: the state has the right to resist any aggression or intervention within its boundaries.

What is the doctrine of territorial integrity? 

500

Stage of the public policy process where the emphasis is on the actual delivery of the valued good or service. 

What is the implementation stage?

500

In a command economy, the value of goods and services are determined by this.

What is the government?