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23 Cards in this Set
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Two fundamental questions that political scientists ask.
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What do we observe? and why?
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Government
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The institutions and procedures through which a land and its people are ruled.
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Autocracy
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A government with one ruler, either a king or a dictator.
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Oligarchy
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Democracy
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Government in which the populace plays at least some kind of role in government.
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Constitutional government
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system of rule with formal and effective limits on the powers of government.
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Authoritarian government
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Totalitarian government
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A system of rule in which the government recognizes no formal limits on its power.
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Politics
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is the conflicts and struggles over the leadership, structure, and policies of government.
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Rationality Principle
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All political actions have a purpose. Instrumental- done with fore planning
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Institution Principle
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structured relations are what we call institutions
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Jurisdictions
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The domain over which an institution has jurisdiction.
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Agenda power
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Describes who determines what will be taken up for consideration in an institution
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Veto power
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The ability to defeat something even if it has made it on to the agenda of an institution.
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Delegation
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The transmission of authority to some other official or body for their use.
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Principle- agent relationship
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The relationship between a principle and his or her agent
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Collective- action principle
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Building, combining, and mixing of peoples individual goals.
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Collective action
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The pooling if resources and the coordination of effort by a group of individuals to accomplish certain common goals.
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Public good
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A good that may be enjoyed by anyone if it is provided. May not be denied to anyone once it has been provided
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By-product theory
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The idea that groups provide members with private benefits to attract membership.
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Policy principle
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The collective decisions that emerge from the political process.
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History Principle
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Look at how we got to were we are in politics.
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Path dependency
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The idea that certain possibilities are made more or less likely because of the historical path taken.
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