PSC 1113 Exam 1 Study Guide
questions n answers passed
Define Politics - correct answer ✔✔The process through which individuals and groups reach
agreement on a course of common, or collective, action—even as they disagree on the intended
goals of that action.
What do politics help us do? - correct answer ✔✔manage conflict
How do politics help us manage our conflicts and accomplish our shared goals? - correct answer
✔✔bargaining and compromise
Define bargaining - correct answer ✔✔prolonged exchange of proposals and counterproposals
with the aim of reaching a compromise
Define compromise - correct answer ✔✔a settlement in which each side concedes some
preferences to secure others
what is the ideal outcome of politics in a democracy? - correct answer ✔✔democratic
representation
what goes into achieving democratic representation (what steps lead up to its occurrence in a
democracy) - correct answer ✔✔1. people know their own interests
2. people can voice their interests
3. people feel their interests are recognized
, what is the fundamental problem of governance? - correct answer ✔✔reconciling the people's
diverse interests
how do we solve conflicts (specifically how do we reconcile diverse interests in America) -
correct answer ✔✔through the use of parties
what does institutional design mean in the context of democratic governance? - correct answer
✔✔1. Set of rules for reaching and enforcing collective agreements
2. expectations for how bargaining and compromise takes place in a fair and orderly fashion
3. constitutions
Define Constitution - correct answer ✔✔The set of rules and procedures institutions must
follow to reach and enforce collective agreements.
Define government - correct answer ✔✔the institutions and legally prescribed process for
making and enforcing collective agreements.
name four different types of governments - correct answer ✔✔•Monarchy
•Representative democracy
•Theocracy
•Dictatorship
why are institutions durable? - correct answer ✔✔•Authority is assigned to the office, not the
individual
•People assume that institutional arrangements will remain
define collective action problems - correct answer ✔✔Barriers to achieving common goals (or
solving collective problems)
questions n answers passed
Define Politics - correct answer ✔✔The process through which individuals and groups reach
agreement on a course of common, or collective, action—even as they disagree on the intended
goals of that action.
What do politics help us do? - correct answer ✔✔manage conflict
How do politics help us manage our conflicts and accomplish our shared goals? - correct answer
✔✔bargaining and compromise
Define bargaining - correct answer ✔✔prolonged exchange of proposals and counterproposals
with the aim of reaching a compromise
Define compromise - correct answer ✔✔a settlement in which each side concedes some
preferences to secure others
what is the ideal outcome of politics in a democracy? - correct answer ✔✔democratic
representation
what goes into achieving democratic representation (what steps lead up to its occurrence in a
democracy) - correct answer ✔✔1. people know their own interests
2. people can voice their interests
3. people feel their interests are recognized
, what is the fundamental problem of governance? - correct answer ✔✔reconciling the people's
diverse interests
how do we solve conflicts (specifically how do we reconcile diverse interests in America) -
correct answer ✔✔through the use of parties
what does institutional design mean in the context of democratic governance? - correct answer
✔✔1. Set of rules for reaching and enforcing collective agreements
2. expectations for how bargaining and compromise takes place in a fair and orderly fashion
3. constitutions
Define Constitution - correct answer ✔✔The set of rules and procedures institutions must
follow to reach and enforce collective agreements.
Define government - correct answer ✔✔the institutions and legally prescribed process for
making and enforcing collective agreements.
name four different types of governments - correct answer ✔✔•Monarchy
•Representative democracy
•Theocracy
•Dictatorship
why are institutions durable? - correct answer ✔✔•Authority is assigned to the office, not the
individual
•People assume that institutional arrangements will remain
define collective action problems - correct answer ✔✔Barriers to achieving common goals (or
solving collective problems)
