POLS 206 Exam 1 - TAMUG Haney |
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What is government? - ANSW-Institutions and procedures through which land and people are ruled. Can
be simple, like a tribal council.
Autocracy - ANSW-Single ruler
Oligarchy - ANSW-Small group of landowners, military officer, religious leader, wealthy merchant rules
Democracy - ANSW-Permits citizens to play a significant part in the governmental process
Constitutional limit - ANSW-formal and effective limits placed on the powers of government
Authoritarian limit - ANSW-no formal limits are placed on the governments may be effectively limited by
social institutions
Totalitarian limit - ANSW-no formal or effective limits on governments power of any kind
What is politics ? - ANSW-Politics can take many forms. There are conflicts and struggle over leadership,
structure, and policies.
5 Principles of Politics - ANSW-o All political behavior has a purpose
o Institution structure politics
o Collective action
o Outcomes are the product
o History matters
Rationality Principle - ANSW-All political behavior has a purpose.
Institution Principle - ANSW-stucture politics, they are the rules and procedures that provide incentives
for political behavior
the four ways institutions provide authority - ANSW-jurisdiction, agenda and veto power, decisiveness,
and delegation
jurisdiction - ANSW-the domain over which decisions may be made
agenda and veto power - ANSW-gatekeeping power and the power to say "no"
decisiveness - ANSW-rules for decision making
delegation - ANSW-transmission of authority
Collective Action Principle - ANSW-All politics is collective action. Gets more difficult with the more
people that are involved.
Policy Principle - ANSW-political outcomes are the products of individual preferences and institutional
procedures
History Principle - ANSW-Decisions and actions in the past affect political choices and outcomes today.
how we got here matters.
Path Dependency - ANSW-the idea that certain possibilities are made more or less likely because of the
historical path taken
, The Enlightenment - ANSW-an intellectual movement in europe during the 18th century that led to a
whole new worldview
Origins of American Political thought - ANSW--476 CE- fall of western Roman Empire
-500 CE-1500CE - middle/dark ages in western Europe
-1095-1291- European Crusades
-1543 scientific revolution
Scientific Revolution - ANSW-The Enlightenment grew largely out of the new methods and discoveries
achieved in the Scientific revolution
Francis bacon and the scientific method - ANSW--the scientific method
-observation and experimentation
-testable hypothesis
isaac newton and the scientific method - ANSW--used the scientific method to make a range of
discoveries
-newtons achievements using the scientific method helped inspire enlightenment thinkers
Enlightenment principles - ANSW--Religion, tradition, and superstition were limited with independent
thought
-Accept knowledge based on observation, logic, and reason, not faith
-Scientific and academic thought would be secular
-Morality could be achieved through reason rather than the teaching of the church
Voltaire (1694-1778) - ANSW--most famous philosophe
-wrote plays, essays, poetry, philosophy, books
-attacked the relics of the medieval social order
-championed social, political and religious tolerance
Jean-Jacques Rousseau - ANSW--contemplated the nature of society, government and the individuals
relationship to both
-created the social contract
-what obligations do we owe to society and what does society owe to us
Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) - ANSW--The spirit of Laws
-Inspired by the idea of three distinct branches of government with a separation of powers
-Didn't believe checks and balances would be sufficient to protect liberty
Adam Smith (1723-1790) - ANSW--An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
-Created capitalism
-Concept of "hidden hand"
John Locke (1632-1704 - ANSW-'State of nature'
-Tabula rasa (blank slate)
-Two Treatises on Government
-3 basic human rights- life, liberty, property
The variety of interests in colonial america - ANSW-New England merchants
Actual study | Questions and verified
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What is government? - ANSW-Institutions and procedures through which land and people are ruled. Can
be simple, like a tribal council.
Autocracy - ANSW-Single ruler
Oligarchy - ANSW-Small group of landowners, military officer, religious leader, wealthy merchant rules
Democracy - ANSW-Permits citizens to play a significant part in the governmental process
Constitutional limit - ANSW-formal and effective limits placed on the powers of government
Authoritarian limit - ANSW-no formal limits are placed on the governments may be effectively limited by
social institutions
Totalitarian limit - ANSW-no formal or effective limits on governments power of any kind
What is politics ? - ANSW-Politics can take many forms. There are conflicts and struggle over leadership,
structure, and policies.
5 Principles of Politics - ANSW-o All political behavior has a purpose
o Institution structure politics
o Collective action
o Outcomes are the product
o History matters
Rationality Principle - ANSW-All political behavior has a purpose.
Institution Principle - ANSW-stucture politics, they are the rules and procedures that provide incentives
for political behavior
the four ways institutions provide authority - ANSW-jurisdiction, agenda and veto power, decisiveness,
and delegation
jurisdiction - ANSW-the domain over which decisions may be made
agenda and veto power - ANSW-gatekeeping power and the power to say "no"
decisiveness - ANSW-rules for decision making
delegation - ANSW-transmission of authority
Collective Action Principle - ANSW-All politics is collective action. Gets more difficult with the more
people that are involved.
Policy Principle - ANSW-political outcomes are the products of individual preferences and institutional
procedures
History Principle - ANSW-Decisions and actions in the past affect political choices and outcomes today.
how we got here matters.
Path Dependency - ANSW-the idea that certain possibilities are made more or less likely because of the
historical path taken
, The Enlightenment - ANSW-an intellectual movement in europe during the 18th century that led to a
whole new worldview
Origins of American Political thought - ANSW--476 CE- fall of western Roman Empire
-500 CE-1500CE - middle/dark ages in western Europe
-1095-1291- European Crusades
-1543 scientific revolution
Scientific Revolution - ANSW-The Enlightenment grew largely out of the new methods and discoveries
achieved in the Scientific revolution
Francis bacon and the scientific method - ANSW--the scientific method
-observation and experimentation
-testable hypothesis
isaac newton and the scientific method - ANSW--used the scientific method to make a range of
discoveries
-newtons achievements using the scientific method helped inspire enlightenment thinkers
Enlightenment principles - ANSW--Religion, tradition, and superstition were limited with independent
thought
-Accept knowledge based on observation, logic, and reason, not faith
-Scientific and academic thought would be secular
-Morality could be achieved through reason rather than the teaching of the church
Voltaire (1694-1778) - ANSW--most famous philosophe
-wrote plays, essays, poetry, philosophy, books
-attacked the relics of the medieval social order
-championed social, political and religious tolerance
Jean-Jacques Rousseau - ANSW--contemplated the nature of society, government and the individuals
relationship to both
-created the social contract
-what obligations do we owe to society and what does society owe to us
Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) - ANSW--The spirit of Laws
-Inspired by the idea of three distinct branches of government with a separation of powers
-Didn't believe checks and balances would be sufficient to protect liberty
Adam Smith (1723-1790) - ANSW--An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
-Created capitalism
-Concept of "hidden hand"
John Locke (1632-1704 - ANSW-'State of nature'
-Tabula rasa (blank slate)
-Two Treatises on Government
-3 basic human rights- life, liberty, property
The variety of interests in colonial america - ANSW-New England merchants
