GOVT310 Chapter 1 Vocab.

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Across
  1. 5. favors a wiser use of cases unbound by area specialization, greater use of statistical analysis, and mathematical models often drawn from economics. More likely to use deductive reasoning, starting with a theory that political scientists can test with an array of data.
  2. 7. states that individuals use their self-interests to make choices that will provide them with the greatest benefit; closely associated with quantitative methods
  3. 9. an individual’s ability to act independently, without fear of restriction or punishment by the state or other individuals or groups in society; at a basic level, connotes autonomy; encompasses free speech, free assembly, freedom of religion
  4. 11. states that as societies developed they would become capitalist democracies, converging around a set of shared values and characteristics
  5. 12. choosing cases of instances to study that don’t allow for complete randomization
  6. 13. often narrowly focused, deep investigations of one or a few cases drawing from scholarly expertise. Typically inductive, beginning with case studies to generate theory
  7. 14. theory that predicts outcomes of situations on the basis that people will choose to make the choice that benefits them the most; similar to rational choice theory
  8. 15. the means by which scholars and policy makers go from studying a case to generating a hypothesis
  9. 17. apparent association between certain factors or variables
  10. 18. refers to a material standard of living shared by individuals within a community, society, or country
Down
  1. 1. a way to compare cases and draw conclusions
  2. 2. starting with a puzzle and form there generating some hypothesis about cause and effect to test against a number of cases
  3. 3. trend when political scientists shifted away from investigating political institutions and toward individual political behavior
  4. 4. organizations or activities that are self-perpetuating and valued for their own sake
  5. 6. the ability to influence others or impose one’s will on them
  6. 8. the study and comparison of domestic politics across countries
  7. 10. the problem of distinguishing cause and effect
  8. 16. the struggle in any group for power that will give one or more persons the ability to make decisions for the larger group