Across
- 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.
- 7. states that individuals use their self-interests to make choices that will provide them with the greatest benefit; closely associated with quantitative methods
- 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
- 11. states that as societies developed they would become capitalist democracies, converging around a set of shared values and characteristics
- 12. choosing cases of instances to study that don’t allow for complete randomization
- 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
- 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
- 15. the means by which scholars and policy makers go from studying a case to generating a hypothesis
- 17. apparent association between certain factors or variables
- 18. refers to a material standard of living shared by individuals within a community, society, or country
Down
- 1. a way to compare cases and draw conclusions
- 2. starting with a puzzle and form there generating some hypothesis about cause and effect to test against a number of cases
- 3. trend when political scientists shifted away from investigating political institutions and toward individual political behavior
- 4. organizations or activities that are self-perpetuating and valued for their own sake
- 6. the ability to influence others or impose one’s will on them
- 8. the study and comparison of domestic politics across countries
- 10. the problem of distinguishing cause and effect
- 16. the struggle in any group for power that will give one or more persons the ability to make decisions for the larger group