Question 1

A greater focus on collective equality is associated with:

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A) a smaller state. 
B) a larger state. 
C) political violence. 
D) civic responsibility. 
E) political parties. 
A) a smaller state. 
B) a larger state. 
C) political violence. 
D) civic responsibility. 
E) political parties. B

Question 2

A greater focus on individual freedom is associated with:

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A) a smaller state. 
B) a larger state. 
C) political violence. 
D) civic responsibility. 
E) political parties. 
A) a smaller state. 
B) a larger state. 
C) political violence. 
D) civic responsibility. 
E) political parties. A

Question 3

Modernization theory can be defined as the view that:

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A) few countries will ever modernize and embrace democracy. 
B) as societies develop, they will become capitalist democracies. 
C) each country and region will modernize in a different way, each with a different result. 
D) significant change is possible only through revolution. 
E) the only way to modernize is to apply scientific methods to policy problems. 
A) few countries will ever modernize and embrace democracy. 
B) as societies develop, they will become capitalist democracies. 
C) each country and region will modernize in a different way, each with a different result. 
D) significant change is possible only through revolution. 
E) the only way to modernize is to apply scientific methods to policy problems. B

Question 4

One big rift within the study of comparative politics is:

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A) quantitative versus didactic research. 
B) epistemology versus ontology. 
C) religious versus secular research. 
D) quantitative versus qualitative research. 
E) structural versus ideational. 
A) quantitative versus didactic research. 
B) epistemology versus ontology. 
C) religious versus secular research. 
D) quantitative versus qualitative research. 
E) structural versus ideational.

Question 5

Recent discussions of the future of comparative politics and political science have called for:

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A) a greater connection to political ideas and questions of policy. 
B) a greater use of social media to promote findings. 
C) a greater focus on the relationship between politics and environmental change. 
D) a greater distance between scholarship and real-world politics in order to remain objective. 
E) making comparative politics a field of history rather than political science. 
A) a greater connection to political ideas and questions of policy. 
B) a greater use of social media to promote findings. 
C) a greater focus on the relationship between politics and environmental change. 
D) a greater distance between scholarship and real-world politics in order to remain objective. 
E) making comparative politics a field of history rather than political science.

Question 6

The shift in political science toward seeking causality and using quantitative methods is known as the:

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A) mathematical revolution. 
B) behavioral revolution. 
C) statistical turn. 
D) analytical revolt. 
E) causal transformation. 
A) mathematical revolution. 
B) behavioral revolution. 
C) statistical turn. 
D) analytical revolt. 
E) causal transformation.

Question 7

The substance of politics is inevitably bound up in the struggle between:

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A) individual freedom and collective equality. 
B) individual rights and collective responsibilities. 
C) equality of opportunities and equality of outcomes. 
D) liberty versus security. 
E) revolutionary versus evolutionary change. 
A) individual freedom and collective equality. 
B) individual rights and collective responsibilities. 
C) equality of opportunities and equality of outcomes. 
D) liberty versus security. 
E) revolutionary versus evolutionary change.

Question 8

An institution can be defined as any:

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A) organization or pattern of activity that is self-perpetuating and valued for its own sake. 
B) large, monolithic organization that depends on a core bureaucracy and a set of standard operating procedures. 
C) object or value that people support through public funds. 
D) organization or action that is subject to government regulation. 
E) spontaneous movement that is unable to sustain itself. 
A) organization or pattern of activity that is self-perpetuating and valued for its own sake. 
B) large, monolithic organization that depends on a core bureaucracy and a set of standard operating procedures. 
C) object or value that people support through public funds. 
D) organization or action that is subject to government regulation. 
E) spontaneous movement that is unable to sustain itself.

Question 9

What are the strongest institutions in your country that define politics? What are their benefits or drawbacks, and how easy would it be to change them?

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In my country, the strongest institution

Question 10

Critics of the behavioral revolution accused it of which of the following?

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A) It had come to emphasize methods over knowledge. 
B) It relied too much on Marxist assumptions regarding politics. 
C) It was too focused on history. 
D) It had not fully embraced mathematical innovations. 
E) It was not interested in developing predictive models of politics. 
A) It had come to emphasize methods over knowledge. 
B) It relied too much on Marxist assumptions regarding politics. 
C) It was too focused on history. 
D) It had not fully embraced mathematical innovations. 
E) It was not interested in developing predictive models of politics.

Question 11

Which of the following would be an example of selection bias?

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A) Studying female literacy to see if it is correlated with nondemocratic regimes. 
B) Only studying material that is consistent with your political ideology. 
C) Only using statistical methods to conduct research. 
D) Studying revolution by looking at case studies of revolution only. 
E) Studying revolution by looking at case studies of revolution and nonrevolution. 
A) Studying female literacy to see if it is correlated with nondemocratic regimes. 
B) Only studying material that is consistent with your political ideology. 
C) Only using statistical methods to conduct research. 
D) Studying revolution by looking at case studies of revolution only. 
E) Studying revolution by looking at case studies of revolution and nonrevolution.

Question 12

The earliest political thinker who practiced a form of comparative analysis was:

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A) Plato. 
B) Machiavelli. 
C) Thucydides. 
D) Aristotle. 
E) Marx. 
A) Plato. 
B) Machiavelli. 
C) Thucydides. 
D) Aristotle. 
E) Marx.

Question 13

Endogeneity refers to:

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A) determining cause versus effect. 
B) intellectual obstacles to new scholarship in social sciences. 
C) the use of tools such as psychology to understand comparative politics. 
D) the belief that most major political questions are close to being understood by scholars. 
E) the use of new information from biology to study human political behavior. 
A) determining cause versus effect. 
B) intellectual obstacles to new scholarship in social sciences. 
C) the use of tools such as psychology to understand comparative politics. 
D) the belief that most major political questions are close to being understood by scholars. 
E) the use of new information from biology to study human political behavior.

Question 14

If you have to make a choice between greater individual freedom at the expense of collective equality or greater equality at the expense of freedom, which would you prefer? Why? Can you have both?

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This is a complex and difficult question

Question 15

One of the problems in case study research can be in the cases that we use, or what is known as:

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A) selection bias. 
B) inference liability. 
C) choice limiting. 
D) norm bounding. 
E) area studies. 
A) selection bias. 
B) inference liability. 
C) choice limiting. 
D) norm bounding. 
E) area studies.

Question 16

A great criticism of comparative politics in the early twentieth century was that it:

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A) focused too strongly on religious explanations. 
B) was descriptive rather than explanatory. 
C) was too quantitative. 
D) was too focused on Asia. 
E) was too focused on postrevolutionary states. 
A) focused too strongly on religious explanations. 
B) was descriptive rather than explanatory. 
C) was too quantitative. 
D) was too focused on Asia. 
E) was too focused on postrevolutionary states.

Question 17

Early approaches to comparative politics were eventually shaken by all of the following EXCEPT:

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A) World War I. 
B) the rise of fascism. 
C) World War II. 
D) the rise of the Cold War. 
E) the Great Depression. 
A) World War I. 
B) the rise of fascism. 
C) World War II. 
D) the rise of the Cold War. 
E) the Great Depression.

Question 18

Should comparative politics simply describe and explain politics around the world, or should it seek solutions to political problems? What might be some of the benefits or dangers of the latter approach?

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Comparative politics should not simply d

Question 19

Why has it been so difficult to create a science of comparative politics? Is it simply because this area of study is relatively new, or are there fundamental obstacles that will always limit what we can know?

Accepted Answer

The difficulty in creating a science of

Question 20

What would a truly "scientific" study of politics look like? Is this approach possible?

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A truly "scientific" study of politics w

A greater focus on collective equality is associated with:

A greater focus on individual freedom is associated with:

Modernization theory can be defined as the view that:

One big rift within the study of comparative politics is:

Recent discussions of the future of comparative politics and political science have called for:

The shift in political science toward seeking causality and using quantitative methods is known as the:

The substance of politics is inevitably bound up in the struggle between:

An institution can be defined as any:

What are the strongest institutions in your country that define politics? What are their benefits or drawbacks, and how easy would it be to change them?

Critics of the behavioral revolution accused it of which of the following?

Which of the following would be an example of selection bias?

The earliest political thinker who practiced a form of comparative analysis was:

Endogeneity refers to:

If you have to make a choice between greater individual freedom at the expense of collective equality or greater equality at the expense of freedom, which would you prefer? Why? Can you have both?

One of the problems in case study research can be in the cases that we use, or what is known as:

A great criticism of comparative politics in the early twentieth century was that it:

Early approaches to comparative politics were eventually shaken by all of the following EXCEPT:

Should comparative politics simply describe and explain politics around the world, or should it seek solutions to political problems? What might be some of the benefits or dangers of the latter approach?

Why has it been so difficult to create a science of comparative politics? Is it simply because this area of study is relatively new, or are there fundamental obstacles that will always limit what we can know?

What would a truly "scientific" study of politics look like? Is this approach possible?

States

Nations and Society

Political Economy

Democratic Regimes

Nondemocratic Regimes

Political Violence

Advanced Democracies

Communism and Postcommunism

Less-Developed and Newly Industrializing Countries

Globalization and the Future of Comparative Politics

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Exam 1: Introduction

A greater focus on collective equality is associated with:

A greater focus on individual freedom is associated with:

Modernization theory can be defined as the view that:

One big rift within the study of comparative politics is:

Recent discussions of the future of comparative politics and political science have called for:

The shift in political science toward seeking causality and using quantitative methods is known as the:

The substance of politics is inevitably bound up in the struggle between:

An institution can be defined as any:

What are the strongest institutions in your country that define politics? What are their benefits or drawbacks, and how easy would it be to change them?

Critics of the behavioral revolution accused it of which of the following?

Which of the following would be an example of selection bias?

The earliest political thinker who practiced a form of comparative analysis was:

Endogeneity refers to:

If you have to make a choice between greater individual freedom at the expense of collective equality or greater equality at the expense of freedom, which would you prefer? Why? Can you have both?

One of the problems in case study research can be in the cases that we use, or what is known as:

A great criticism of comparative politics in the early twentieth century was that it:

Early approaches to comparative politics were eventually shaken by all of the following EXCEPT:

Should comparative politics simply describe and explain politics around the world, or should it seek solutions to political problems? What might be some of the benefits or dangers of the latter approach?

Why has it been so difficult to create a science of comparative politics? Is it simply because this area of study is relatively new, or are there fundamental obstacles that will always limit what we can know?

What would a truly "scientific" study of politics look like? Is this approach possible?

States

Nations and Society

Political Economy

Democratic Regimes

Nondemocratic Regimes

Political Violence

Advanced Democracies

Communism and Postcommunism

Less-Developed and Newly Industrializing Countries

Globalization and the Future of Comparative Politics

Filters