MIDTERM Flashcards
(32 cards)
What is the study of anything other than the study of American domestic politics?
Comparative politics
When was the first “heyday” of the study of comparative politics?
1960s
What was going on in the 1960s?
The era of decolonization, more countries gaining their independence
What do you use the “comparative method” for?
To test the theory in diverse cases since it is frowned upon to generate theories based off of one case
The falsifiable of your hypothesis
null hypothesis (H0)
Many hypothesis with many variables that do not relate are called
kitchen sink regressions
Correlation does not imply …
causation
independent variable that is manipulated.. X or Y
X
dependent variable with are the outcome.. X or Y
Y
The plan by which comparativists embark upon the collect data
research design
What are the three components of a research design..
literature review (history of the topic)
theory (what theory will be tested)
methods (how the scholar will conduct the research)
“hard science”, what is it and examples
science that is less likely to change, biology, chemistry
“soft science”, what is it and examples
science that is more likely to change, economics, sociology
quantitative is more…
generalizable
qualitative is more for…
specificity
positivism
there is a scientific method to how we do research
1960
Behavioral Revolution
-shift to quantitative, make behavioral science more science-y
Weberian States and their Characteristics
Mark Weber, modern states are Weberian states
- defined population
- defined borders- must be respected by everyone
- external sovereigty (UN recognition)
- monopoly on the legit use of force (internal sovereignty)
- the state are the only ones that can use force or violence. No youth groups etc
failed states lack one of more of the criteria to be a Weberian state
ex of Weberian state= United States
Federalism and Unitary system
system of government where power is devolved into sub-federal units
ex. United States Federal go’vt—> Virginia gov’t—–> Richmond local government
*helps reduce ethnic conflict
oppisite is unitary system where all the power resided at the top (federal) level ex. Britian, anything with a Parliament
Authoritarianism
government that governs by force, no democracy
ex. Russia, Brazil 1964-1985, Egypt 1952-2011
not all autocracies are evil, they just have no freedom or say in the governmental systems
polity 4- autocracy anything less than -6
democracy is anything greater than 6
anocracy between -6 and 6
civil society
non political associations that are beneficial to a DEMOCRATIC society
ex. Girl/Boy Scouts, sports teams, etc.
no good civil societies=no good democratic life
supranationalism
The bun of the sovereignty sandwich
MNCs, IGOs, NGOs, Transnational networks
-IGO ex. UN
The take away power from the state by doing jobs the state should be doing, ex. When Dr. Jones was in Nigeria and the Nigerian government was attempting to fix the area and a IGO whose base is in China came and paved a road.
-State sovereignty is under a great amount of pressure from the top and the bottom and they leach away power in multiple ways.
subnationalism
The bottom of the sov. sandwich
Terrorist groups, separatist groups, ethno-nationalism
ex. Boko Haram, MEND
Elections in Nigeria pushed back because of Boko Haram’s opposition to democracy so they put civilians at risk.
State sovereignty is under a great amount of pressure from the top and the bottom and they leach away power in multiple ways.
Methods in Discipline
1900s- Historical studies of war and empires
1960s-Mathmatical Formal Models of Behavior, Behavioral Revolution, quauntitative formal work
2000s- Perestoika- people were more geared toward quant. and polisci. people were upset about there not being a balance between the two: qual. and quant.
