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Political game marked by bargaining, cooperation, and balloting

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Accommodation

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Peaceful political game in which participants publicly, willingly disobey in order to dramatize the evil they protest against

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Civil Disobedience

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3 Classifications of Political Games

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Destruction-Accommodation-Conversion

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Political game characterized by peaceful conversion of the opponent

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Conversion

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Political game aimed at the complete destruction of the opponent

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Destruction

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A leader must be both strong and crafty, and willing to do what may not be morally correct

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Lion and the Fox

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Process whereby public values are debated, political actors cooperate and struggle for power, and policy judgments are made and implemented (Who gets what, when, and how)

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Politics

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Ability of one political actor to get another actor to do or not do something

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Power

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One player insisting on total domination encounters resistance and uses physical force to destroy an opponent

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Wipeout

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James Madison’s term for a federal government governing a large territory

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Extensive Republic

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Power over one’s destiny, can be interpreted negatively or positively

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Freedom

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The idea that people are not free when constrained, usually by government regulations

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Negative Freedom

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Why people obey or disobey those demanding their political allegiance, such as a government or state

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Political Obligation

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People are most free when acting rationally and furthering their potential as human beings, usually needing an active government to reach such a level

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Positive Freedom

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Approach to social science emphasizing empirically observable, discoverable, and explicable patterns of behavior

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Behavioralism

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A condition or behavior exists or takes place because of the influence of another factor

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Causality

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Approach to social science emphasizing political phenomena-what has been, what is, what will be

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Empiricism

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Study of the nature of moral standards and choices of judgments and behavior

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Ethics

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The concept that a condition or behavior exists or takes place because of the influence of two or more factors

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Multicausality

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Philosophy stating that humans can only know that which is based on positive, observable scientific data or data derived from sense experience

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Positivism

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Wise judgment about the practical tasks of politics, respectful of sound values and the limitations of reality

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Prudence

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A model that provides conclusions about how politics works that follow deductively from a simple assumption about political actors

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Rational Choice

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Pattern of reasoning used in the systematic search for knowledge; involves identifying the problem, articulating a guiding hypothesis, obtaining evidence to test the hypothesis, and validating and explaining the significance of the hypothesis and the findings that support it

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Scientific Method

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Set of attitudes towards citizenship and politics held by those in a particular nation

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Civic Culture

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18th century, Western movement that believed in reason, freedom, and progress
Enlightenment
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The hope for a better way of life, especially among those living in the developing world
Revolution of Rising Expectations
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Privileged, educated, powerful upper class that rules society
Aritstocracy
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Founding documents listing the structure and rules of a political system, reflecting the political culture
Constitution
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Rule by the people, usually by elected representatives, under a Constitution that protects basic rights and majority rule
Democracy
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Part of eternal law known through reason, such as discerning good from evil
Natural Law
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Greek city-state
Polis
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Government by the few, for corrupt and selfish purposes
Oligarchy
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Constitutional government, mixture of democracy and oligarchy
Polity
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Agreement in which a number of people unite for a common political purpose
Social Contract
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Lawless rule by one leader
Tyranny
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Doctrine believing in utility and search for happiness, seeking greatest happiness for greatest number
Utilitarianism
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Subfield relating to system of governance in the United States
American government and politics
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Subfield relating to how countries in the international system interact with each other
International Relations
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Subfield relating to political and governance processes in countries around the world
Comparative Politics
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Subfield relating to study of fundamental questions about governance
Political theory/philosophy
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Component relating to political values, what should be?
Ethical
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Component relating to political phenomena, what is, what has been, what will be?
Empirical
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Component relating to political judgment, what can be?
Prudential
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Task relating to recommending what action ought to be taken
Ethical Recommendation
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Task relating to how political actors carry out their business
Empirical Understanding
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Task relating to providing sensible guidance in political life, making decisions
Prudential Judgment
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Task relating to three previous tasks being unified
Theoretical Integration
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Citizens seek high standard in order to obtain this controversy
Good Political Life
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A national government being boss on its own turf, last word of law in that country
Soverignty
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General acceptance by political actors and citizens that government actions are appropriate and fully accepted
Legitimacy
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A set of systematic claims that attempt to generalize about a process or phenomenon, empirical theories must be testable to be specific
Theory
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Based on observable evidence
Empirical
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Testable implication of a researcher's theory
Hypothesis
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Observable evidence used to test a theory
Data
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A broad area of study, usually defined by a common topic or methodology
Discipline
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Division within a discipline that examines a particular set of topics and/or uses a particular set of methodologies
Subfield
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Systematic search for knowledge
Science
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Law applies to everyone regardless of status, applied evenly
Rule of Law
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Characterizes situations political actors may be in and provides options
Game Theory
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Awkward to disagree, encourages unanimity
Groupthink
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The co-occurrence of two observable phenomena
Correlation
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A multi-step process that involves the mental visualization of some specific scenario for the purpose of answering a further, more general, and at least partly mental-state-independent question about reality
Thought experiment
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smallest, individual level of analysis
Micro
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middle, group level of analysis
Meso
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large-scale level of analysis, national
Macro
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defines the degree of abstraction to be used in examining some research question
Level of Analysis
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Choices made in the past impact present experiences, present and future choices
Path Dependence
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Believed understanding of good life delved from understanding of human nature
Aristotle
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Good life came from understanding of reality, rule should be by philosopher-kings
Plato
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Pessimistic view that humans can only strive for imperfect political life
Augustine
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Optimistic view that politics were necessary and good
Aquinas
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No good life, only virtu and fortuna, lion and the fox
Macciavelli
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Thought experiment about life without government
State of Nature

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