PSCI 110 Questions Solved with 100% Correct
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why is there a strong tribal identity in Zambia - Answer British colonialist policies to
encourage chiefs power (some even had native authority)
why was language so important in Zambia - Answer missionary activity, colonial
education policies for language selection, labor migration caused to think in terms of
language (Bemba, Nyanja, Tonga, and Lorzi)
why language and tribe but nothing else - Answer -says that close ties between urban
and rural communities rule that out
-also colonial containment of class division worked against that as a factor
voting in Zambia - Answer say that its not a factor but like almost always people vote for
their ethnicity as it is most advantageous
Gramsci argument - Answer hegemony
-says that political and social are not seperate under the state
-political is ruled by law
-social is ruled by concent
Olson argument - Answer -says that public goods can't be kept from those who don't
participate in rebellions
-say that individual preferences are not group preferences
-with Memed: the collective action of the peasants isn't due to their large number but
rather once Memed opens the door the peasants have little incentive to participate
when they can free ride
-states form out of bandits that break off and want to be stationary and wealth
, Weber - Answer 3 types of authority
Kuran - Answer -he asks if heterogeneity can help account for a sudden and massive
political cascade
-he says it rarely happens because of preference falsification (says individuals frequently
tailor their choices to what appears socially acceptable - for Wood its all about peasants
that participate as a domino effect
Smelser - Answer -structure vs. agency
-social processes and events which do not reflect existing social structures and are
instead spontaneous that happen because of structure or agency
-wood because she uses Salvadoran society as a whole as a unit of analysis
wood dependent and independent variables - Answer dependent - level of participation
in the insurgency
independent - proximity, exposure to violence
posner dependent and independent variables - Answer dependent - # of cleavage
dimensions and number and size of groups on each dimension
independent- relative benefits from joining ethnically based coalitions
laws and stories - Answer stories must follow certain laws to make sense of what you
expect character to do
ex: in Memed there are lawful patterns of political behavior that can be used to
formulate concepts
rationality - Answer Olson talks about this
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why is there a strong tribal identity in Zambia - Answer British colonialist policies to
encourage chiefs power (some even had native authority)
why was language so important in Zambia - Answer missionary activity, colonial
education policies for language selection, labor migration caused to think in terms of
language (Bemba, Nyanja, Tonga, and Lorzi)
why language and tribe but nothing else - Answer -says that close ties between urban
and rural communities rule that out
-also colonial containment of class division worked against that as a factor
voting in Zambia - Answer say that its not a factor but like almost always people vote for
their ethnicity as it is most advantageous
Gramsci argument - Answer hegemony
-says that political and social are not seperate under the state
-political is ruled by law
-social is ruled by concent
Olson argument - Answer -says that public goods can't be kept from those who don't
participate in rebellions
-say that individual preferences are not group preferences
-with Memed: the collective action of the peasants isn't due to their large number but
rather once Memed opens the door the peasants have little incentive to participate
when they can free ride
-states form out of bandits that break off and want to be stationary and wealth
, Weber - Answer 3 types of authority
Kuran - Answer -he asks if heterogeneity can help account for a sudden and massive
political cascade
-he says it rarely happens because of preference falsification (says individuals frequently
tailor their choices to what appears socially acceptable - for Wood its all about peasants
that participate as a domino effect
Smelser - Answer -structure vs. agency
-social processes and events which do not reflect existing social structures and are
instead spontaneous that happen because of structure or agency
-wood because she uses Salvadoran society as a whole as a unit of analysis
wood dependent and independent variables - Answer dependent - level of participation
in the insurgency
independent - proximity, exposure to violence
posner dependent and independent variables - Answer dependent - # of cleavage
dimensions and number and size of groups on each dimension
independent- relative benefits from joining ethnically based coalitions
laws and stories - Answer stories must follow certain laws to make sense of what you
expect character to do
ex: in Memed there are lawful patterns of political behavior that can be used to
formulate concepts
rationality - Answer Olson talks about this
