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Midterm 1 Flashcards

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Hypothesis

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an argument that links cause to effect; a specific proposed explanation for why an outcome occurs
- includes causal relationship
- testable and falsifiable

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Independent Variable

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the one that we expect to change the value of the dependent variable (X)
- CAUSE

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Dependent Variable

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the one we expect to have its value altered by the independent variable (Y)
- EFFECT

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Most Similar Systems Design

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identify key features that are different among similar cases
- method of difference

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Most Different Systems Design (MDSD)

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cases in which the outcomes doesn’t vary across different cases
- goal is to identify what these different cases have in common
- method of agreement

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Quantitative Research

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Study through statistical data from many cases; excel in testing whether patterns are generalizable
- breadth over depth

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Qualitative Research

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study through in-depth investigation of a limited number of cases; excel in detail-oriented theory development
- depth over breadth

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Institutions

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Structure/mechanism of social order and cooperation governing the behavior of a set of individuals within a given community

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Endogeneity

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The issue that cause and effect are not often clear, in that variables may be both cause and effect in relationship to one another

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State

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A human community that claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory
- has territory, institutions, clear membership rules

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Regime

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the fundamental rules and norms of politics, embodying long-term goals regarding individual freedom and collective equality

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Government

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the set of people who run the state or have the authority to act on behalf of the state at a particular point in time

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Sovereignty

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Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states.

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State Strength (Fukuyama)

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The ability and capacity of a state to
- plan and execute policy
- administer public business with relative efficiency
- control corruption and bribery
- enforce laws

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State Scope (Fukuyama)

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  • the goals and functions that a state takes on in the first place
  • the range of activities that a state carries out
    Ex: The U.S. has a limited state scope in terms of healthcare compared to Western European countries
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Head of State/Head of Government

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Representative of a nation

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Modern International State System

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territory is
- consolidated
- unified
- centralized
- under a sovereign government

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State Making Through Marriage

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states made by the marriage of the prince/princess/heir to both

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State Making Through Wars

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states made after wars
Ex: Germany and Austria-Hungary before WW1 and after WW2

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The Peace of Westphalia

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the peace treaty that ended the Thirty Years’ War in 1648
- the emergence of sovereignty
- kings recognize each other

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Fragile States Index

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Measures a state’s ability to handle normal pressures and how those pressures affect their capacity to do so

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Federalism - Federal States

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a system in which significant state powers, such as taxation and security are devolved into regional/local bodies

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Asymmetric Federalism

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a system in which power is divided unevenly among regional bodies
Ex: Spain

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Unitary States

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a system in which most political power exists at the national level with limited local authority; central government possess sovereignty and subnational governments are subordinated to the central government
- central government makes most significant policy

Ex: France, UK, Japan, Turkey, Germany

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Decentralization/Devolution

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a process in which political power is “sent down”to lower levels of state and government

Ex: the UK

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Dual Federalism

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national and state governments operate independently and each level of government acts autonomously

Ex: The U.S.

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Cooperative Federalism

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there’s more cooperation between central and state governments, overall leadership of central government, and try to find which level of government is more appropriate to deal with a certain issue

Ex: Germany

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Nation

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A group thought of as sovereign and equal, comprised of a large, bounded population; a group of people bound together by a common political identity

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Nationalism

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Belief that the nation has a unique, sovereign political destiny

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(1) Nation Building In States Already Created

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States develop national identities to become more legitimate (public education, traditions, conscriptions)
- solid states, weak nations (Ex: France, Spain)
- large influx of immigrants (Ex: USA, Argentina, Canada)

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(2) Xenophobic Nationalism In Nation-States

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Against foreigners and immigrants
- ride of extreme far-right parties in Europe
Ex: Europe’s far-right

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(3) Irredentism

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Seeks to create a greater nation that exists beyond the limits of an already existing political unit
Ex: Greater Serbia

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(4) Nationalism Seeking Autonomy

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Seeking to reform the political system of a state to give more autonomy to a national minority
Ex: Quebec seeking autonomy from Canada

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(5) Nationalism Seeking Independence

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Seeking independence for a national minority locked within another nation
Ex: Catalonia seeking independence from Spain/Scotland’s independence from the UK

35
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The state is the machinery of politics and the ________ operates that machinery

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government

36
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Constructivist View of the Nation

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Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson (1983)

Print culture is the main element in the creation of these communities

37
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Communities are both ______ and ______

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imagined and real

38
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Challenge 1: large number of variables

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what to control and can all of them be controlled?

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Challenge 2: controlling the interaction of variables (multicausality)

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difficult to identify

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Challenge 3: limited number of cases to research

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limited by the number of countries in the world and is hard to find a perfect pair for comparison

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Challenge 4: limited access to information from cases

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need time, effort, money, and luck
Ex: North Korea and authoritarian regimes

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Challenge 5: uneven research across cases and religions

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language, resource availability, etc.

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Challenge 6: cases selected on the basis of effect and not cause

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Selection Bias

cannot falsify our hypothesis
Ex: to test a relationship between the civic culture and democratization, one might only look at democratized countries

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Challenge 7: variables may be either cause or effect (endogeneity)

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Cannot tell if one causes the other or the reverse is true
Ex: a relationship between economic development and democracy

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