Name one of the five functions of Federal reserve system:

Promotes stability of financial systems

Research that works from a hypothesis and tests this with data

Concepts taking on different values

These are examples of public order/ coercion

Army, police, secret police, criminal justice

what does Human development index (HDI) measure?

overall well-being of a country's people

Illiberal/hybrid regimes:

Fake democracy to trick public. Holds fake elections

Why does Thomas Hobbes think we created states?

To protect ourselves from anarchy.

Net exports (exports - imports)

recognized Soveirgnty and Legit use of violence within a given territory

What is the Gini Index?

a mathematical formula that measures inequality and poverty

3 models of democracy:

Parliamentary, presidential, semi-presidential systems.

Why does Hume think we created states?

Humans naturally wanna live peacefully.

institutions are both...

a cause and effect of political behavior.

Statements that seek to explain how the world works.

3 different advantages of the nation state over other orgs.

Economic development, tech innovation, nationalists

Function of federal reserve:

Fosters payment and settlement system safety and efficiency

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1
Asking "What is meant by voting?" Would be an example of operationalizing a concept.
False
True
2
What school of thought focuses on interactions between the economy and state?
Structuralists
Culturalists
Rational choice theorists
3
Who thinks conflict is inevitable for those three reasons?
Jean Rousseau
Hobbes.
John Locke
Humes
4
What school of thought maximizes ability to provide universal laws?
Structuralists
Rational Choice theorists
Culturalists
5
executive powers are shared between prime minister and president.
Semi-presidential
Parliamentary
federalism
Presidential
6
Official religion and propaganda are examples of public services
False
True
7
Name one of the five functions of Federal reserve system:
Gross National Income
Promotes stability of financial systems
Modernization
Gini Index
8
Deductive reasoning
Practice of Game theory and rational choice
Seperating causes and effects
Research that works from a hypothesis and tests this with data
considering particular and nuanced information.
9
Variables
Politics being driven by questions of freedom and equality
The idea that situations can be the same besides a factor; so diff outcome
Concepts taking on different values
Materials available to a country
10
These are examples of public order/ coercion
Executive, legislative, and judiciary branches
Structuralists and culturalists
Army, police, secret police, criminal justice
Study of economics and politics
11
what does Human development index (HDI) measure?
Health of citizens
overall well-being of a country's people
Citizen loyalty to the state
Income per capita
12
A state's ability to wield power and carry out policies/actions
Autonomy
Capacity
Strength
Power
13
Illiberal/hybrid regimes:
Loyalty to constituents
Multi-member district
Single member district
Fake democracy to trick public. Holds fake elections
14
Why does Thomas Hobbes think we created states?
To protect ourselves from anarchy.
humans have a natural inclination to live in peace
15
when most power is held in the central government
unitary government
Communism
monarchy
Liberalism
16
What type of science is political science?
Atomic
Political
Social
Chemical
17
GDP equation: Nx =
Net income
Net exports (exports - imports)
Net crimes
Net extremes
18
relationship between politics and economics shapes the balance of freedom and equality
Ownership of property and goods
Central bank
Social expenditures
Political economy
19
What is a state
Law and social norms
Government and regime
recognized Soveirgnty and Legit use of violence within a given territory
People living in a political system
20
What is the Gini Index?
a mathematical formula that measures inequality and poverty
Gross domestic product
Civil society
Presidential election polls
21
In GDP equation C =
Consumption
Classic
Community
Crowd
22
3 models of democracy:
Liberal, conservative, marxism
Parliamentary, presidential, semi-presidential systems.
Democracy, Communism, Fascism
Communism, political socailization, civil society
23
Goal of comparing foreign politics and making theories of how behaviors, institutions interact.
Political policy
Political Psychology
Comparative Politics
Political beliefs and Behaviors
24
Hobbes believes people act orderly because people naturally want justice.
False
True
25
When a party monopolizes government power:
Capitalism
Congress
One-party rule
Two party system
26
Legislature elects and removes prime minister
Parliamentary
White house
House of representative
Congress
27
What does disputes between the three schools lead to?
Economic development
Positivitism
Differences in data collection
Tech innovation
28
Why does Hume think we created states?
Humans naturally wanna live peacefully.
To protect ourselves from anarchy.
29
If a state is a computer, a regime is the software, and the government is the operator.
True
False
30
Rejects the notion of government
Communism
fascism
Liberalism
Anarchy
31
What are the outcomes of social sciences?
Mathmatic equations
Human behaviors
Institutional change
Mental illness
32
institutions are both...
A state and a nation
Regime and government
a cause and effect of political behavior.
People and society
33
Institutions do NOT embody values or norms unique to a country
True
False
34
a place where people view themselves as belonging to a collective bc of shared history/genetics/langauge/culture.
competitions, diffidence, and glory
A state
A country
Nation
35
What is the first step when applying the comparative method?
Ask an interesting question
Gather information
Make a hypothesis
Examine existing evidence
36
a set ofinstitutions that bind people with common politicalaspirations
National Identity
Ethnic identity
Country
Federalism
37
When faith affects almost all political institutions and desicions:
Tolitarian
Democracy
Authoritarian
Theocracy
38
What is theory?
Statements of opinion
the 5 superpowers deciding who is soveirgn
Statements that seek to explain how the world works.
States depending on autonomy and capacity
39
totalitarianism tries to control all aspects of social life and the economy.
True
False
40
3 different advantages of the nation state over other orgs.
Healthy population, autonomy, and independence
Personal, military, bureaucracy
Economic development, tech innovation, nationalists
Transportation, trained military, agriculture
41
What does diffidence mean?
Security dilemma
Cult of personality
Soveirgnty and autonomy
Coercion and providing basic services
42
GDP equation what does G =
Goal
Goverment spending
Good
Government action
43
Using case studies to generate a hypothesis
Inductive reasoning
Selective bias
Examining existing evidence
Asking an interesting question
44
A state's ability to wield power without consulting an outside body/the public
Independence
Autonomy
Soviergnty
Capacity
45
States provide rights for citizens and citizens pay taxes or other obligations
False
True
46
What school of thought focuses on political parties and interest groups?
Structuralists
Rational Choice theorists
Culturalists
47
Function of federal reserve:
Democratization
Fosters payment and settlement system safety and efficiency
Liberalism
Capitalism
48
What is the federal reserve system?
The central bank of the USA
Inflation
ROTC
Deflation
49
What promotes the soundness of financial institutions?
Industrialization
Federal reserve
Democracy
Creation of a middle class
50
achieving equality through state control of economic resources
Anarchism
Fascism
Liberalism
communism
51
What school of thought believes data and theory should guide social analysis?
Rational Choice Theorists
Culturalists
Structuralists
52
National Identity often stems from ethnicity
True
False
53
States that cannot execute basic tasks well.
Strong state
Nondemocratic state
Dying state
Weak state
54
Legitimacy that is built on history and continuity.
Federalism
Charismatic legitimacy
Traditional legitimacy
Rational-legal legitimacy
55
Key components of states:
Natural Resources, strong civil society, and strong economy
Strength & Democracy
Arts and culture, strong military
Power, autonomy, capacity
56
What is the second step when applying the comparative method?
ask an interesting question
Examine existing evidence
Make a hypothesis
Operationalize key concepts
57
Inflation/deflation, Tariffs, Import substitution/export substitution are examples of:
Public good
property
Exports
Political economy
58
Wants hierarchical divisions among people and rejects freedom and equality
Communism
Fascism
Liberalism
Anarchy
59
What school of thought draws from field work?
Culturalists
Structualists
Rational Choice theorists
60
State's ability to accomplish domestic goals.
Globalization
Rules and norms of politics
Regime
State strength.
61
GDP equation: I =
Income
Investment
Illegal
Incognito
62
What is decided in politics?
who gets what, how, and when.
research that develops a hypothesis and works on data.
ability to influence others or impose one's will on them.
Using case studies to determine a hypothesis
63
Currency, PPP/GDP, revenue collection, and property rights are examples of:
States rights
Socialism
Human rights
Economy
64
What are the three inevitable reasons for conflict?
Competitions, Diffidence, & Glory
Censorship, human rights, and international relations
Ideology, political structure, & economic policy
History, culture, and religion
65
hopes toachieve economic equality, but strives to do sothrough private ownership and market forces
Communism
Socialism
anarchy
capitalism
66
Federal reserves:
Promotes consumer protection and development of community
Human development index measurements
Free market
Liberal democracy
67
What schools of thought uses more qualitative data?
culturalists
Structuralists
Rational Choice theorists
68
What school of thought criticizes generalizations and abstractions?
Culturalists
Rational Choice Theorists
Structuralists
69
1 leader; sometimes gives rewards to a small group of people so they are obedient in return.
Military rule
Personal/monarchical rule
Bureaucratic authoritarianism
Democracy
70
Legitimation:
Weak state
official religion/proganda
Power
Citizen obligations to the state
71
What are the three schools of thought?
Economic development, tech innovation, and nationalists.
Coerce, extract, provide.
Power, autonomy, capacity
Culturalists, Structuralists, Rational choice theorists.
72
What school of thought supports generalizations and abstractions to provide universal laws?
Culturalists
Structuralists
Rational Choice theorists
73
A way of making comparisons and drawing conclusions based on case studies.
Venn Diagrams
Power and deciding who gets what where and when
Comparative method
Deductive method
74
A few people controlling the state without being constitutionally responsible to the public.
Oligarchy
Authoritarian/nondemocratic
Monarchy
Democracy
75
What is the last step of applying the comparative method?
Gethering appropriate data
Making a hypothesis
Asking an interesting question
Operationalizing key concepts
76
Name one of the five functions of Federal reserve system:
Conducting nation's monetary policy
Social Democracy
Liberalization
Communism
77
People's relation to the state
Ethnicity
Nationality
Identity
Citizenship
78
Legitimacy built on a highly institutionalized foundation of laws.
Rational legal legitimacy
traditional legitimacy
Charismatic legitimacy
Democratic legitimacy
79
Unless something can be backed up by data, it must be an observable truth.
Positivist
Operationalist
Optomist
Negativist
80
Politics is associated with the aspects of life with public significance.
True
False
81
A way to make comparisons and draw conclusions across case studies.
Surveys and experiments
Analyzing beliefs and behaviors
Political psychology
Comparative method
82
Highest level of freedom possible for all people
Socialism
Communism
Fascism
liberalism
83
What is the third step when applying the comparative method?
Make a hypothesis
ask an interesting question
Gather information
Operationalize key concepts
84
The goal of theory is to state an opinion
True
False
85
What school of thought provides nuanced and detailed readings of particular cases?
Structuralists
Culturalists
Rational Choice theorists
86
What is a challenge in comparative politics?
Providing nuanced and detailed instances in cases.
Selection bias
Endogeneity
Explaining cultural and political institutions.
87
Key components of states:
One party rule, no public input
Abolition of political parties, restrictions of civil liberties
Religious law and military rule
Legitimacy and Centralization & decentralization
88
Humes believes that the only reason people will act orderly is out of fear of punishment.
True
False
89
Whats endogeneity?
National identity
Legit existence and capacity
Ethnic identity
Struggle to separate causes and effects.
90
What is the fourth step when applying the comparative method?
Making a hypothesis
Operationalizing key concepts
Asking an interesting question
Gathering information
91
This cemented the superiority of the political power over the spiritual & encouraged states to expand outside of Europe
Non-democratic rule
One party states
Treaty of Westphalia
American Revolutionary war
92
Ability to influence others or impose one's will on them
Power
Civil Society
Politics
Government
93
These are all examples of state capacity:
Power, strength, rights, citizenship
Population and size
Federalism, military innovations, and arts.
Army, currency, infrastructure, "official" religion

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