Across
- 2. the ability to influence others or impose one’s will on them
- 3. the struggle for power in any group for power that will give one or more persons the ability to make decisions for the larger group
- 4. a shared material standard of individuals within a community, society, or country
- 5. organizations or activities that are self-perpetuating and valued for their own sake
- 10. an apparent relationship between two or more variables
- 12. study through statistical data from many cases
- 13. Theory an approach that emphasizes how actors or organizations behave in their goal to influence others. Built upon assumptions of rational choice
- 15. Politics study and comparison of domestic politics across countries. Focuses on politics inside countries (elections, political parties, revolutions, judicial systems)
- 17. Reasoning studying a case to generate an hypothesis
- 18. Choice approach that assumes that individuals weigh the costs and benefits and make choices to maximize their benefits
Down
- 1. Theory a theory asserting that as societies developed, they would take on a set of common characteristics, including democracy and capitalism
- 6. Bias a focus on effects rather than causes, which can lead to inaccurate conclusions about correlation or causation
- 7. Reasoning starts with an hypothesis then seeks out evidence
- 8. Method a way to compare cases and draw conclusions
- 9. the ability of an individual to act independently without fear of restriction or punishment by the state or other individuals or groups in society
- 11. the issue that cause and effect are not often clear, in that variables may be both cause and effect in relationship to one another
- 14. Revolution a movement within political science during the 1950’s and 1960’s to develop general theories about individual political behavior that could be applied across all countries
- 16. study through an in-depth investigation of a limited number of cases