PLCP 1010 Study Guide:
CONCEPTS:
Scientific Method: the process of attempting to falsify or refute a scientific theory through rigorous
tests/methods; the more tests that fail to refute the theory, the more credible the theory is
Theory: Highly generalize
Democratic
Institutions
PLCP 1010: Week 8
Democracy
What is a democracy?
The I Know It When I See It Problem
I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I
understand to be embraced within that shorthand description
["hard-core pornog
IR and Civil War
PLCP 1010: Week 12
CP and IR
While two distinct fields in Political Science,
Comparative Politics and International
Relations strongly affect one another.
Example: CP theories of modernization of the
state depend on the outside threat of
Capitalism & PostColonial States
PLCP 1010: Week 6
Weiss and Hobson
Weiss and Hobson respond to the core
assumptions underlying both Marxism and
liberalism that:
Economy State
Weiss and Hobson
They argue instead that:
The State Economy
How do they believe
Conflict resolution
and nation building
PLCP 1010 - Week 14
Conflict Resolution and Civil War
Walter claims that civil wars are usually not
decided through negotiation but are fought out
until one side has been defeated.
Why does she think this happens?
C
Nationalism and
Social Movements
PLCP 1010: Week 11
Income & Democracy
Last weeks readings:
Przeworski & Limongi
Boix & Stokes
Ross
Questions?
Income & Democracy
Core concepts:
Endogenous vs. Exogenous theory (P & L)
Case selection and difference in concl
PLCP 1010: Introduction to Political Science
Lecture #14: Electoral Systems &
Parliamentary vs. Presidential Democracies
David Waldner
Department of Politics
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22904
21 October, 2013
Institutional Diversity
Types o
Political Parties and
Authoritarian
Regimes
PLCP 1010: Week 9
Political Parties
What are political parties?
Political Parties
What are political parties?
A political party is an organization comprising a group of officials
or office-seekers and a group of
Culture and
Institutions
PLCP 1010: Week 3
The Big Questions:
Is the author making/testing a causal
argument? If so, what is it?
Where does the author get his/her information
from?
What is the authors conclusion?
Are you convinced?
Culture: Steven Fish
Wh
The State: Public
Goods and
Modern Warfare
PLCP 1010 - Week 5
The State: Public Goods
What are public goods?
The State: Public Goods
What are public goods?
Goods or services, often provided by a
government, for use by all members of a
society and for whic
Political Economy
and the State
PLCP 1010: Week 4
Once More: The Big Questions
Is the author making/testing a causal
argument? If so, what is it?
Where does the author get his/her information
from?
What is the authors conclusion?
Are you convinced?
Campan
PLCP 1010: Introduction to Political Science
Lecture #4: Theories of Political Culture
David Waldner
Department of Politics
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22904
9 September, 2013
Political Culture through the Ages
Aeschylus, The Persians (472
PLCP 1010: Introduction to Comparative Politics
Lecture #24: Summary and Review
David Waldner
Department of Politics
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22904
4 December, 2013
What We Learned This Semester
Political Science as an Aspirational Scien
PLCP 1010: Introduction to Comparative Politics
Lecture #21: Civil Wars
David Waldner
Department of Politics
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22904
20 November, 2013
Civil War
Civil War: persistent armed conict, generally conned to the
interior
PLCP 1010: Introduction to Comparative Politics
Lecture #22: International Conict Resolution
& Nation Building
David Waldner
Department of Politics
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22904
2 December, 2013
Resolving Civil Wars
Civil wars rarely en
PLCP 1010: Introduction to Political Science
Lecture #17: Democracy & Development
David Waldner
Department of Politics
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22904
November 6, 2013
Final Examination
Wednesday, December 11: 9:00 - 12:00
Day and time se
Varshney ethnic conflict civil society
Varshney highlights the importance of civic associations in maintaining peace in multi-ethnic
societies.
First, he explores the fact that in India between 1955 and 1995, a disproportionate amount of
violent conflict
Brancati Democratic authoritarianism
Since the end of Cold War, the proportion of authoritarian states has been on the decline.
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Existing authoritarian states have more and more institutions related to democracy
such as parties and elections.
This is NOT
Textbook chapter 9,10
Legislatures are deliberative bodies that are the foundation of modern govts
Legislatures pass laws and make policy, but they also lead public debate and have
responsibilities for overseeing the executive, among other functions
Types
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PLCP 1500
Economic Growth and Development in Colombia
Colombia is one of Latin Americas oldest democracies with a growing and diversified
economy, solid functioning institutions, progressive laws, and an active civil society with
abundant natural resour
Discussion
Midterm Wednesday
Same format as previous exam
Midterm Readings:
start september 30th development and political economy
end october 26th reading
Do not need to know Schepsel
Game theory matrix
Friend Cooperate
Friend Defect
You cooperate
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Ayodhya- The city where the contested site sits.
Scheduled Castes- 23% of the population that is below the backward castes, also known as
untouchables. Made up of people who came from woods or tribes and did unclean jobs such as
handling corpses. Although
Estado Novo: dictatorial period (193745) in Brazil during the rule of President Getlio Vargas,
initiated by a new constitution issued in November 1937. Vargas himself wrote it with the
assistance of his minister of justice, Francisco Campos. In the electi
Green revolution
The introduction of high-yielding varieties of seeds and the increased use of fertilizers and
irrigation are known collectively as the Green Revolution, which provided the increase in
production needed to make India self-sufficient in foo
Core-Periphery: The already established brands in Industry make up the Core and the
new/developing brands in an Industry make up the Periphery. In Brazil for example, it would be
Petrobas as the Periphery and Exxon as the Core.
State-led industrialization
Brazilian debt crisis 1980s; part of larger debt crisis in Latin American region as a whole;
resulted largely from Import-Substitution Industrialization and clientelism which burdened
public corporations, left state with huge debts because it tried to loc
Developmentalism
An economic theory that states that the best way for Third World countries to develop is through
fostering a strong and varied internal market and to impose high tariffs on imported goods. a set
of ideas which converge to place economic d
Opium Wars (1856-1860): The trade disputes between China under the Qing Dynasty and the
British. The British brought opium from India and smuggled it into China. The Chinese
government arrested the opium dealers. The British then sent in forces.
Self-Stre
Purchasing power parity- a method of calculating the value of a countrys money based on the
cost of actually buying certain goods and services in that country in the local currency, rather
than calculating how many US dollars they are worth. PPP is widely
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