Pols 207 Haney Exam 1
Five Principles of Politics
• Rationality Principle
• Institution Principle
• Collective Action Principle
• Policy Principle
• History Principle
Autocracy - CORRECT ANSWER-A single individual rules
Oligarchy - CORRECT ANSWER-A small group of landowners, military officers,
religious leaders or wealthy merchants rules
Democracy - CORRECT ANSWER-A system of rule that permits citizens to play a
significant part in the governmental process
Constitutional - CORRECT ANSWER-Formal and effective limits are placed on the
powers of government
Authoritarian - CORRECT ANSWER-No formal limits are placed on government but
government may be effectively limited by other social institutions
Totalitarian - CORRECT ANSWER-No formal or effective limits on government's
power of any kind
Politics - CORRECT ANSWER-The Struggle over the leadership, structure, and
policies of government
Government - CORRECT ANSWER-The institutions and procedures through which
a land and its people are ruled
, Political Behavior - CORRECT ANSWER-It all has a purpose, it's instrumental, not
random
All politics - CORRECT ANSWER-Collective action
Political outcomes - CORRECT ANSWER-The product of individual preferences,
institutional preferences, and collective action
Political actors - CORRECT ANSWER-Pursue policy preferences, reelection, power,
and to maximize their agency budget
Institutions - CORRECT ANSWER-The rules and procedures that provide incentives
for political behavior and structure politics
Jurisdiction - CORRECT ANSWER-The domain over which decisions may be made
Agenda & Veto Power - CORRECT ANSWER-Gatekeeping power and the power to
say "no"
Decisiveness - CORRECT ANSWER-Rules for decision making
Delegation - CORRECT ANSWER-Transmission of authority
Collective Action - CORRECT ANSWER-Is difficult and the difficulty mounts as the
number of people and interests involved grows
The Policy Principle - CORRECT ANSWER-A logical combination of the first three
principles
History Principle - CORRECT ANSWER-How we got here matters
V.O. Key - CORRECT ANSWER-Geographic size prevents formation of groups and
benevolent forces in the state
"Attention-getting antics substituted for organized politics"
Five Principles of Politics
• Rationality Principle
• Institution Principle
• Collective Action Principle
• Policy Principle
• History Principle
Autocracy - CORRECT ANSWER-A single individual rules
Oligarchy - CORRECT ANSWER-A small group of landowners, military officers,
religious leaders or wealthy merchants rules
Democracy - CORRECT ANSWER-A system of rule that permits citizens to play a
significant part in the governmental process
Constitutional - CORRECT ANSWER-Formal and effective limits are placed on the
powers of government
Authoritarian - CORRECT ANSWER-No formal limits are placed on government but
government may be effectively limited by other social institutions
Totalitarian - CORRECT ANSWER-No formal or effective limits on government's
power of any kind
Politics - CORRECT ANSWER-The Struggle over the leadership, structure, and
policies of government
Government - CORRECT ANSWER-The institutions and procedures through which
a land and its people are ruled
, Political Behavior - CORRECT ANSWER-It all has a purpose, it's instrumental, not
random
All politics - CORRECT ANSWER-Collective action
Political outcomes - CORRECT ANSWER-The product of individual preferences,
institutional preferences, and collective action
Political actors - CORRECT ANSWER-Pursue policy preferences, reelection, power,
and to maximize their agency budget
Institutions - CORRECT ANSWER-The rules and procedures that provide incentives
for political behavior and structure politics
Jurisdiction - CORRECT ANSWER-The domain over which decisions may be made
Agenda & Veto Power - CORRECT ANSWER-Gatekeeping power and the power to
say "no"
Decisiveness - CORRECT ANSWER-Rules for decision making
Delegation - CORRECT ANSWER-Transmission of authority
Collective Action - CORRECT ANSWER-Is difficult and the difficulty mounts as the
number of people and interests involved grows
The Policy Principle - CORRECT ANSWER-A logical combination of the first three
principles
History Principle - CORRECT ANSWER-How we got here matters
V.O. Key - CORRECT ANSWER-Geographic size prevents formation of groups and
benevolent forces in the state
"Attention-getting antics substituted for organized politics"
