CPS Readings

Question 1

Aristotle

Answer 1

Political community is organic

Question 2

King, Keohane, and Verba

Answer 2

Causal inferences, public methods, etc.

Question 3

Popper

Answer 3

Make a bold claim and refute

Question 4

Collier and Levitsky

Answer 4

Diminished subtypes

Question 5

Mahoney and Villegas

Answer 5

Comparative-historical analysis (Mill’s Methods)

Question 6

Diamond

Answer 6

Guns, germs, and steel

Question 7

Frank

Answer 7

Metropolis-satellite communities

Question 8

Skocpol

Answer 8

Structural; class-based social revolutions

Question 9

McNamara

Answer 9

Tolerated EU banal authority

Question 10

Weber

Answer 10

Monopoly on the use of force; history, charisma, rule of law

Question 11

Laitin

Answer 11

Floral and tipping model

Question 12

Levitsky and Ziblatt

Answer 12

Populists rise by alliance with insiders

Question 13

Anderson

Answer 13

Imagined and limited communities

Question 14

Wimmer (social compact)

Answer 14

Justifies the social compact with like over like

Question 15

Wimmer (violence)

Answer 15

Nation-states cause violence (creation and power vacuum)

Question 16

King

Answer 16

Electoral systems

Question 17

Duverger

Answer 17

Simple majority, 1 ballot creates 2-party system

Question 18

Lijphart

Answer 18

Consensus/proportional vs. Westminster/majoritarian

Question 19

Soudriette and Ellis

Answer 19

Electoral systems are important for political development

Question 20

Htun

Answer 20

Cross-cutting vs. coinciding; quotas vs. reservations

Question 21

Pitkin

Answer 21

Mandate-independence problem

Question 22

Taagepera and Shugart

Answer 22

Electoral rules can manipulate the electoral outcome

Question 23

Cheibub

Answer 23

Parliamentary system is better than presidential system, but the presidential system can be reformed

Question 24

Elazar

Answer 24

Federalism leads to power sharing and diversity

Question 25

Acemoglu

Answer 25

Institutions > geography

Question 26

Acemoglu and Robinson

Answer 26

Political institutions create political processes, which create economic institutions, which influence economic incentives

Question 27

Huntington

Answer 27

Political gap; when mobilization > institution, leads to instability

Question 28

Hardin

Answer 28

Tragedy of the commons

Question 29

De Tocqueville

Answer 29

Equality leads to institutions

Question 30

Gill

Answer 30

Hegemonic religions want regulations

Question 31

Zakaria

Answer 31

State/church/business created modern liberty

Question 32

Gryzmala-Busse

Answer 32

Religious doctrines influence social politics

Question 33

Gill

Answer 33

Religious economy; secularization and fundamentalism do not explain because of pluralism