Psci 1101 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

PSCI 1101 Exam 3 with Complete Solutions Graded A+ Puzzle of parties - Answer-Politicians build parties to raise money, awareness, chances of winning elections etc. Parties are beneficial to the politicians. Why 2 parties? - Answer-party can win a seat only if its candidate gets the most votes (difficult for smaller parties); election laws favor major parties, need fewer signature than a party to be endorsed or put on the ballot, nature of election process works against third-party candida...

edia Conglomerates - Answer companies that control a large number of media sources across several types of media outlets News Cycle - Answer time between release of information and its publication such as 24hrs b/w issues of a daily newspaper On Background/Off The Record - Answer comments a politician makes to the press on the condition that they can be reported only if they are not attributed to that politician

Politics - Answer The process that determines what government does. 3 Key Ideas of Politics - Answer Politics is conflictual, the political process matters, and politics is everywhere Free Market - Answer An economic system based on competition among business without government interference Economic Individualism - Answer The sovereignty of individuals to manage their own financial decisions without government interference

PSCI 1101 Chapter 6 Test Questions with Correct Answers Majority Leader - Answer-The formal leader of the party controlling a majority of the seats in the House or the Senate. In the Senate the majority leader is the head of the majority party. In the House the majority leader ranks second in the party hierarchy behind the Speaker Majority Whip - Answer-Majority (minority) party official in Congress charged with managing communications between party leaders and members Multiple Referrals ...

by potential group members by requiring participation, as in many labor unions. material benefits - Answer Benefits that are provided to individuals for joining a group, such as a coffee mug or a T-shirt, that are distinct from the collective benefits provided by the group. inside strategies - Answer The tactics employed within Washington, D.C., by interest groups seeking to achieve their policy goals.

Political capital - Answer build up good will by interacting with people over time, allows more political power. "build up and use up" Head of Government (the Two Presidencies) - Answer -Executive: carrying out laws passed by Congress (directing Executive branch, creating angencies to carry out legislation, executive orders) -Military: domestic emergencies (state-requested assistance, enforcing federal law against state wishes) -Legislative: (State of the Union address, Veto power, sign...

PSCI 1101 The Judiciary Test Questions and Answers All Correct What are Basic Judicial Requirements - Answer-Each position in the judiciary, that is, federal, state, or local, has different requirements. However, all three levels of the judiciary have three basic requirements - jurisdiction, venue, and standing to sue. What is Jurisdiction and how is it related to Basic Judicial Requirements? - Answer-The authority of a court to hear and decide a particular case. What is Trial Court an...

PSCI 1101 Chapter 3 Test with Correct Solutions Enumerated Powers - Answer-The explicit powers given to Congress by the Constitution in Article I, Section 8. These include the powers of taxation, coinage of money, regulation of commerce, and provision for the national defense Externality - Answer-Public goods or bads generated as by-products of private activity. For example, air pollution is an externality (public bad) because it is, in part, the by-product of the private activity of dri...

social contract - Answer A voluntary agreement among individuals to create a government and to give that government adequate power to secure the mutual protection and welfare of all individuals. natural rights - Answer Rights that are not bestowed by governments but are inherent within every man, woman, and child by virtue of the fact that he or she is a human being. political culture - Answer The set of ideas, values, and attitudes about government and the political process held by a com...

PSCI 1101 Presidency Test Questions and Answers What are the constitutional power of the president? (8) - Answer-- commander in chief - appoint head of executive department, ambassador, supreme court justice. -makes treaties w/ advice of congress - grant pardon and reprieves - call house / congress for special session - receives ambassadors and other rep from foreign country -commission US officers - ensure faithful law execution from congress What are the inherent power of t...