Poli 130 UNC Exam 1 (Anderson)
Questions & Answers
comparative politics - ANSWERSthe study of similarities/differences in political developments
among two or more countries
Mills method of agreement - ANSWERSIf two or more instances of the phenomenon under
investigation have only one circumstance in common, the circumstance in which alone all the
instances agree, is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon.
this is called the comparative method and it is a way of examining patterns of facts or events to
narrow down what is important in terms of building a convincing comparative politics
argument.
Mills method of difference - ANSWERSThis method for causal analysis states that if an effect is
present in one case but not present in another similar case, we can look for a factor that is
present in that case that is not present in the other case and identify it as a probable cause of
the effect.
this is called the comparative method and it is a way of examining patterns of facts or events to
narrow down what is important in terms of building a convincing comparative politics
argument.
State vs. Regime vs. Government - ANSWERS1. a state is a community that successfully claims
the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force in a given territory
2. regime- set of formal and informal rules and norms that define where power is located and
how it is used
3. government- the set of leaders or political elites in charge of running the state
,State scope - ANSWERSdifferent functions or goals taken on by the government (i.e. what does
the state do?)
the effectiveness of state scope is individualistic because East Asian states have scopes that
range from minimal (Hong Kong) to highly interventionist (South Korea) yet all they achieved
extraordinarily high GDP per capita growth.
1. State capacity - ANSWERSability to plan and implement policies, enforces rules (i.e. how well
can the state get things done?)
- lack of state capacity in poor countries has come to haunt the developed world much more
directly
-Thus we should think of state capacity as a mostly uneven rather than a smooth phenomenon,
since it can vary so strongly from one type of state function to another within the same country
1. State strength - ANSWERSstate strength is measured by
-policing/law enforcement
-taxation
-property rights
-bureaucracy
-public goods
-welfare
There is evidence, however, that the strength of state institutions is more important, broadly
speaking, than the scope of state functions.
, 1. "brown areas" (Guillermo O' Donnell) - ANSWERSareas within an otherwise strong state
where the gov't's institutional capacity is weak or non-existent
1. Warlords - ANSWERSa military commander, especially an aggressive regional commander
with individual autonomy
Houthis - ANSWERSUnder the leadership of Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi, the group emerged as
an opposition to former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh, whom they charged with massive
financial corruption and criticized for being backed by Saudi Arabia and the United States at the
expense of the Yemeni people and Yemen's sovereignty.
Protection racket - ANSWERSan illegal system in which criminals threaten to harm you or your
property if you do not give them money
protection rackets, defined as sustained institutional arrangements through which actors extract
regular tribute from others actors in return for providing protection from both themselves and
other threats.
Bellicist model of state building - ANSWERSHis theory posits that the preparation for and
conduct of wars in early modern and modern Europe fueled a natural selection of states,
whereby those states that could develop the necessary infrastructures, institutions, and
technologies to extract resources for wars—namely coercion and capital—from their societies
swallowed up most of those states and state-like organizations that could not.
1. Total vs. limited war - ANSWERS1. total war is war that is unrestricted in term of weapons
used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued, especially one in which
the laws of war are disregarded.
2. limited war is a war in which the weapons used, the nations or territory involved, or the
objectives pursued are restricted in some way, in particular one in which the use of nuclear
weapons is avoided.
Questions & Answers
comparative politics - ANSWERSthe study of similarities/differences in political developments
among two or more countries
Mills method of agreement - ANSWERSIf two or more instances of the phenomenon under
investigation have only one circumstance in common, the circumstance in which alone all the
instances agree, is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon.
this is called the comparative method and it is a way of examining patterns of facts or events to
narrow down what is important in terms of building a convincing comparative politics
argument.
Mills method of difference - ANSWERSThis method for causal analysis states that if an effect is
present in one case but not present in another similar case, we can look for a factor that is
present in that case that is not present in the other case and identify it as a probable cause of
the effect.
this is called the comparative method and it is a way of examining patterns of facts or events to
narrow down what is important in terms of building a convincing comparative politics
argument.
State vs. Regime vs. Government - ANSWERS1. a state is a community that successfully claims
the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force in a given territory
2. regime- set of formal and informal rules and norms that define where power is located and
how it is used
3. government- the set of leaders or political elites in charge of running the state
,State scope - ANSWERSdifferent functions or goals taken on by the government (i.e. what does
the state do?)
the effectiveness of state scope is individualistic because East Asian states have scopes that
range from minimal (Hong Kong) to highly interventionist (South Korea) yet all they achieved
extraordinarily high GDP per capita growth.
1. State capacity - ANSWERSability to plan and implement policies, enforces rules (i.e. how well
can the state get things done?)
- lack of state capacity in poor countries has come to haunt the developed world much more
directly
-Thus we should think of state capacity as a mostly uneven rather than a smooth phenomenon,
since it can vary so strongly from one type of state function to another within the same country
1. State strength - ANSWERSstate strength is measured by
-policing/law enforcement
-taxation
-property rights
-bureaucracy
-public goods
-welfare
There is evidence, however, that the strength of state institutions is more important, broadly
speaking, than the scope of state functions.
, 1. "brown areas" (Guillermo O' Donnell) - ANSWERSareas within an otherwise strong state
where the gov't's institutional capacity is weak or non-existent
1. Warlords - ANSWERSa military commander, especially an aggressive regional commander
with individual autonomy
Houthis - ANSWERSUnder the leadership of Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi, the group emerged as
an opposition to former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh, whom they charged with massive
financial corruption and criticized for being backed by Saudi Arabia and the United States at the
expense of the Yemeni people and Yemen's sovereignty.
Protection racket - ANSWERSan illegal system in which criminals threaten to harm you or your
property if you do not give them money
protection rackets, defined as sustained institutional arrangements through which actors extract
regular tribute from others actors in return for providing protection from both themselves and
other threats.
Bellicist model of state building - ANSWERSHis theory posits that the preparation for and
conduct of wars in early modern and modern Europe fueled a natural selection of states,
whereby those states that could develop the necessary infrastructures, institutions, and
technologies to extract resources for wars—namely coercion and capital—from their societies
swallowed up most of those states and state-like organizations that could not.
1. Total vs. limited war - ANSWERS1. total war is war that is unrestricted in term of weapons
used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued, especially one in which
the laws of war are disregarded.
2. limited war is a war in which the weapons used, the nations or territory involved, or the
objectives pursued are restricted in some way, in particular one in which the use of nuclear
weapons is avoided.
