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1. What are the requirements for admission to advanced degree programs? - correct answer ✔✔...
2. Name the "regional studies" departments discussed in lecture. - correct answer ✔✔- E. Europe studies
Russia and Communism
- Asian studies
- African studies
- Latin American studies
3. Name the "ethnic studies" departments discussed in lecture. - correct answer ✔✔- Black studies
- Asian studies
- Chicano studies
- Gender studies
- Women's studies
4. Where did gay and lesbian triangle symbols originate? - correct answer ✔✔nazi concentration camps
5. Established disciplines are seeking what kind of theories? - correct answer ✔✔- Generalizable theories
that apply to all places at all times.
6. What are the criticisms of "newer disciplines" about established disciplines? - correct answer ✔✔-
They are "ethnocentric" -Racist, Sexist, homophobic, etc.
- They think they are too narrow-minded. Established disciplines, or older disciplines are composed of
white males, Christians; perspectives are biased because the majority of the world is ignored.
- Ethnocentric
- Racist, sexist, homophobic
, 7. "Legal-formalist" studies are based on what kind of research? - correct answer ✔✔- Descriptive
studies: study(s) formal structures ex: constitutions, political parties, elections, etc.
8. What is an example of a "patron client" relationship? - correct answer ✔✔a mutually obligatory
arrangement between an individual who has authority, social status, wealth, or some other personal
resource (the patron) and another person who benefits from his or her support or influence (the client).
9. What does the term "normative" mean? - correct answer ✔✔- Normative means what "should"
happen
10. "Thick descriptions" are also known as what? - correct answer ✔✔- Qualitative
11. "Thin descriptions" are also known as what? - correct answer ✔✔- Quantitative (this is the most
popular approach now)
12. Name the "political science sub-fields" discussed in lecture - correct answer ✔✔- American Politics
(AP)
- Comparative Politics (CP)
- International Relations (IR)
Ideologies, Political Spectrums, and Nationalism - correct answer ✔✔...
1. A "reactionary" change would best be exemplified by what kind of revolution: communist, democratic,
Islamic, or socialist? - correct answer ✔✔Islamic ?
2. What kind of nationalism was expressed in the French Revolution? - correct answer ✔✔- "Social
Contract" Theory
3. What is the argument made by "irrationalist" belief systems? - correct answer ✔✔- They believe the
best solutions are time, authority, a reversion back to previous ways of living under former institutions.
They are elitist and want to protect the "haves" and "hads"
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