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Politics & Political Science
Theories
Ideologies
The U.S. Constitution
Regimes
100
This study is Who gets what, when, and how
What is Political Science
100
This person is the father of Political Science and also the author the Republic, which examined the meaning of justice and examines whether the just man is happier than the unjust man by imagining a society ruled by a philosopher-king and the guardians.
Who is Plato
100
This ideology favors government intervention to correct economic and social ills
What is Modern Liberalism
100
This document preceded the U.S. Constitution
What is the Articles of Confederation
100
This is the Political system of mass participation, competitive elections, and human and civil rights.
What is Democracy
200
Political Science is what kind of science?
What is an empirical science
200
This philosopher is known as the first empirical political science and is also the author of Politics.
Who is Aristotle
200
This theory is a blend of blend of the economic ideals of Adam Smith (when gov’t intervenes it messes things up) and the traditional ideals of Edmund Burke (focus on religion).
What is Modern Conservatism
200
This is a government where all of its powers derive directly from the states. The national government is weaker than the sum of its parts, and the states often consider themselves independent states linked together only for limited purposes such as national defense.
What is a confederation or confederacy
200
In this form of government people do not rule directly but through elected and accountable representatives.
What is Representative Democracy
300
This is the ability of one person to get another to do something
What is Political Power
300
This person is considered the main founder of modern political science because he focused on power and was seen as a realist.
Who is Niccolo Machiavelli
300
This is the mildest form of socialism, which stresses welfare measures, but not state ownership of industry
What is Social Democracy
300
This clause also goes by the name of the "necessary and proper clause" and it gives Congress the authority to pass all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out the enumerated powers specified in the Constitution.
What is Elastic Clause
300
This type of regime is a nondemocratic government but not necessarily totalitarian.
What is authoritarian
400
Political Power is displayed in what ways? Name at least two.
What is Biological, Psychological, Cultural, Rational, and Irrational
400
This group of theorist analyzed why political systems should exist at all. While they differed on a number of principles, they all rallied around Rousseau's social contract.
Who ar the Contractualists
400
This ideology started in Italy and Germany and focuses on the extreme form of nationalism with elements of socialism and militarism.
What is Fascism
400
This Amendment is the closet Amendment to deal with the issue of Illegal or Legal Immigrants.
What is the 14th Amendment, which states, "Nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
400
In this type of regime the people do not want a revolution, aimed to block a leftist revolution by strengthening the existing social order and glorifying the state. Additionally, citizens are directed toward national glory and war; private ownership is generally permitted, but national trade associations carry out party wishes.
What is Right-Wing Totalitarianism
500
This is the mass feeling that a government's rule is rightful and should be obeyed.
What is Legitimacy
500
In this theory, all facets of society (economic, cultural, and political) hang together in a package, which changes and moves all societies in the same direction. We do not develop countries, they develop themselves.
What is Modernization Theory
500
This ideology has taken several forms including imperialism, maoism, and taoism.
What is communism
500
At the time the Constitution was written, it required the ratification of how many states for passage?
What is 9 States
500
This model was founded by Robert Dahl and is a combination of two models.
What is the Polyarchy Model