POLS 2200 Midterm Question and answers rated A+
Comparative Politics - correct answer The study and comparison of domestic politics across countries.
Institutions - correct answer organizations or activities that are self-perpetuating and valued for their own sake.
Power - correct an...
POLS 2200 Midterm Question and
answers rated A+
Comparative Politics - correct answer ✔The study and comparison of
domestic politics across countries.
Institutions - correct answer ✔organizations or activities that are self-
perpetuating and valued for their own sake.
Power - correct answer ✔The ability to influence others or impose one's will
on them.
Politics - correct answer ✔The struggle in any group for power that will give
one or more persons the ability to make decisions for the larger group.
Comparative Method - correct answer ✔A way to compare cases and draw
conclusions.
Correlation - correct answer ✔Apparent association between certain factors
or variables.
Causal Relationship - correct answer ✔Cause and effect between certain
factors or variables.
Selection Bias - correct answer ✔Beginning with a hypothesis and then
seeking out a case causes selection bias.
Endogeneity - correct answer ✔The problem of distinguishing cause and
effect.
, Quantitative Method - correct answer ✔Gathering of statistical data across
many countries to look fro correlations and test hypotheses about cause and
effect. Emphasis on breadth over depth.
Qualitative Method - correct answer ✔Mastery of a few cases through the
detailed study of there history, language, and culture. Emphasis on depth over
breadth.
Freedom - correct answer ✔An individuals ability to act independently,
without fear of restriction or punishment by the sate or other individuals or
groups in society.
Equality - correct answer ✔A material standard of living shared by individuals
within a community, society, or country.
State - correct answer ✔The organization that maintains a monopoly of
violence over a territory. (Machinery).
Regime - correct answer ✔The fundamental rules and norms of politics.
Long-term goals that guide the state. (Software)
Government - correct answer ✔The leadership that runs the state. (Operates
the machinery).
Country - correct answer ✔The combined political entities-State, Regime,
Government-as well as the people who live within that political system.
Sovereignty - correct answer ✔The ability to carry out actions and policies
within a territory independent of external actors and internal rivals.
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