POLS 1502 FINAL EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
define authority - (answer)the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience.
define civil society - (answer)society considered as a community of citizens linked by common interests
and collective activity.
define governance - (answer)The process of governing
define political systems - (answer)Structure, Processes, and Activities by which a nation governs itself.
define rational choice theory - (answer)A popular theory in political science to explain the actions of
voters as well as politicians. It assumes that individuals act in their own best interest, carefully weighing
the costs and benefits of possible alternatives.
define realism - (answer)focuses on abiding patterns of interaction in an international system lacking a
centralized political authority
define sovereign - (answer)supreme power
difference between deductive and inductive theories - (answer)1. inductive reasoning aims at
developing a theory while deductive reasoning aims at testing an existing theory.
2. The inductive approach begins with a set of empirical observations, seeking patterns in those
observations, and then theorizing about those patterns. The deductive approach begins with a theory,
developing hypotheses from that theory, and then collecting and analyzing data to test those
hypotheses.
empirical analysis - (answer)the use of data to test a hypothesis
normative analysis - (answer)seeks to understand the meaning, purposes, and goals of politics. It seeks
to define how individuals should behave or how institutions should be constituted
, POLS 1502 FINAL EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
semantic analysis - (answer)Analysis focusing on the meaning of the concepts we use, where they came
from, and why and how we use them.
difference between normative, empirical, and semantic analysis - (answer)normative analysis asks value
questions; empirical analysis focuses on observable phenomena; and, sematic analysis concentrates on
meaning.
define authoritarian - (answer)favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority, especially that of the
government, at the expense of personal freedom.
define corporatism - (answer)the control of a state or organization by large interest groups.
define globalization - (answer)1. a force or process that involves the entire world and results in making
something worldwide in scope
2. a term used to describe how trade and technology have made the world into a more connected and
interdependent place.
define illiberal democracy - (answer)1. although elections take place, citizens are cut off from knowledge
about the activities of those who exercise real power because of the lack of civil liberties
2. a governing system that hides its "nondemocratic practices behind formally democratic institutions
and procedures".
define national law - (answer)a system of law based on a close observation of human nature, and based
on values intrinsic to human nature that can be deduced and applied independently of positive law
define rational choice theory - (answer)contends that political behavior is best explained through the
application of its supposedly "value-neutral" assumptions which posit man as a self-interested,
purposeful, maximizing being.
define authority - (answer)the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience.
define civil society - (answer)society considered as a community of citizens linked by common interests
and collective activity.
define governance - (answer)The process of governing
define political systems - (answer)Structure, Processes, and Activities by which a nation governs itself.
define rational choice theory - (answer)A popular theory in political science to explain the actions of
voters as well as politicians. It assumes that individuals act in their own best interest, carefully weighing
the costs and benefits of possible alternatives.
define realism - (answer)focuses on abiding patterns of interaction in an international system lacking a
centralized political authority
define sovereign - (answer)supreme power
difference between deductive and inductive theories - (answer)1. inductive reasoning aims at
developing a theory while deductive reasoning aims at testing an existing theory.
2. The inductive approach begins with a set of empirical observations, seeking patterns in those
observations, and then theorizing about those patterns. The deductive approach begins with a theory,
developing hypotheses from that theory, and then collecting and analyzing data to test those
hypotheses.
empirical analysis - (answer)the use of data to test a hypothesis
normative analysis - (answer)seeks to understand the meaning, purposes, and goals of politics. It seeks
to define how individuals should behave or how institutions should be constituted
, POLS 1502 FINAL EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
semantic analysis - (answer)Analysis focusing on the meaning of the concepts we use, where they came
from, and why and how we use them.
difference between normative, empirical, and semantic analysis - (answer)normative analysis asks value
questions; empirical analysis focuses on observable phenomena; and, sematic analysis concentrates on
meaning.
define authoritarian - (answer)favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority, especially that of the
government, at the expense of personal freedom.
define corporatism - (answer)the control of a state or organization by large interest groups.
define globalization - (answer)1. a force or process that involves the entire world and results in making
something worldwide in scope
2. a term used to describe how trade and technology have made the world into a more connected and
interdependent place.
define illiberal democracy - (answer)1. although elections take place, citizens are cut off from knowledge
about the activities of those who exercise real power because of the lack of civil liberties
2. a governing system that hides its "nondemocratic practices behind formally democratic institutions
and procedures".
define national law - (answer)a system of law based on a close observation of human nature, and based
on values intrinsic to human nature that can be deduced and applied independently of positive law
define rational choice theory - (answer)contends that political behavior is best explained through the
application of its supposedly "value-neutral" assumptions which posit man as a self-interested,
purposeful, maximizing being.
