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Politics

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Resolution of a conflict

Making of a common decision for a group of people through the use of power

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Conflict

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Caused by scarcity and logical contradiction, resulting in competition or cooperation

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Cooperation

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The result of a conflict where both parties get what they want

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Construction of incentives

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Construction of power where either one option is so bad there is only one choice left or the option is so good that it is the best option

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Law

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Universally enforced norms or set of rules that bind society together

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The Good

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Aristotle: the natural purpose of the state, the highest good is morality

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Fact

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The way the world is thought to be

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Economics

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Transforming the material world into things we need to survive

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Norm

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Standard social rules

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Goal

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What a group/individual wants

When in conflict with other goals, causes conflict

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Model

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Simplified representation of something in the world

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Institution

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Norm creating and enforcing organizations

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Poli

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Greek word for a collection of city states

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Competition

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Result of a conflict where either one or none get what they want

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Perversion

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Aristotle: the bad state is a perversion of the natural good state

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Famine

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Politically induced death

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Authority

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The legal right to use power

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Legitimacy

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Acceptance of authority, should have rule

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Surplus

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Excess of production, supply greater than demand

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Conditioning

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BF Skinner: the use of rewards and punishments to train and influence instinct

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Technology

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Tools

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Paradigm

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How a state or the people governing it view the world

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DOW

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Division of wealth, who gets what

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Rational

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Individuals make their decisions in order to maximize specific goals

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System Break
Shift in the ,ode of production of a society
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Government
Group with the ultimate power within a territory, also seen as the state
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Mop
Mode of production, such as hunter gatherer
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Zero-Sum Game
The result of a conflict where one party gets what they want
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QOL
Quality of life, how well the people are living
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Oligarchy
Aristotle: a perversion of aristocracy where the few rule, rule based on wealth and ability
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Nation-State
Where a state take the idea of a nation for the emotional impact of nationalism
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Society
A group of people working together to survive
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Feudalism
Political economic system based on a bio determinist class model of power
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Normative
Political philosophy, value based inquiry of political science
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Empirical
Scientific, value based inquiry of political science
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Organic theory
The state is a natural part of human existence
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Tautology
A statement that is logically true therefore cannot be shown false by an examination of evidence
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BF Skinner
Physiologist who studied operant conditioning
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Positive Sum Game
Result of a conflict where both parties work together to get what they want
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Systems Theory
Input and output for example mass protests in, government out with public policy
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Justice
People are treated as they deserve
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DOL
Division of labor, who does what
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Persuasion
A type of political power which is goal satisfying but is limited by cost and credibility
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Coercion
A type of political power that is goal threatening and takes advantage of cost and credibility
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Manifest
Observable use of power, A makes B do something through action
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Implicit
B senses A wants something done and does it
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Aristotle
Greek philosopher and scientist who believed in 2 kinds of states and a posteriorI
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Free will
Model of rationality that man is in control of himself, rational and good (Locke) or rational and bad (Hobbes)
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Structural functionalism
Sociological theory, why society functions how it does by studying social institutions that make up society
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Henry VII
The king who created the Church of England and began the forerunner of the English nation state
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Reformation
The backlash from rising secularism and the shift in industry produced by a system break
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Nationalism
Passionate identification with a state or nation that makes people noble or ignoble and is convenient for the government to obey and defend the state
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Industry
Mass production with mechanical energies
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Scarcity
The cause of a conflict where both parties want something but there is not enough of it
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Logical contradiction
The cause of a conflict where both parties want different things but in order for one to get what they want the other cant
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Polis
The Greek work for city state in ideal form
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Tabula rasa
A clean slate
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Social Darwinism
Theory that applies Darwin's theory of natural selection to the human race
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Negative sum game
The result of a conflict where nobody got what they wanted
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Eugenics
Bio determinist view of improving the human population by comtrolling breeding to select for genetic superiority
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Civic culture study
Often performed post WWII, shows cultural relationship
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Cultural relativism
A disadvantage of normative poli sci, meaning that a persons behavior or beliefs must be understood relative to their culture
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Behavioralism
Objective, quantified explanations of political behaviors
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Aristocracy
Aristotle: "true" form of government which consists of more than 1 ruling but few whose qualifications to rule are based on virtue
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Institutional analysis
Analyze the parts of government
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Mercantilism
Belief in the benefits of profitable trading
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Aristotelian bias
The poor are dumb and the rich are smart
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Gun powder revolution
The creation of gunpowder = scientific revolution, gunpowder warfare, need for mass armies
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Temporality
Rational complexity
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A priori
Study of knowledge prior to experience
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A posteriorI
Study of knowledge subsequent to experience
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Epistemology
The study of knowledge
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UN HDI
Human development index from the UN, measures avg quality of life
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Autarky
A nation that is economically self sufficient
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Legislative
Function of the state that mKes the laws
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Comparative politics
The study of political behavior, political institutions, public law, public policy, and state and local policies, in any place besides the US
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Regime
The general form of government of a state, including its constitution and rules of government, continuing beyond the terms of individual office holders
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Secularism
Focus on this world/life rather than the next
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Ideological nationalism
Based on shared ideas
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Cultural nationalism
Based on shared culture
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Ethnic nationalism
Based on ethnic identity
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Economic nationalism
Based on economic interdependence

Poli Sci Semester 1 (3 decks)

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