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Midterm review for comparative politics, Exams of Comparative Law and Politics

Just a basic midterm review of the vocabulary and questions regarding what is asked in the required reading material.

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2018/2019

Uploaded on 12/18/2019

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MID-TERM REVIEW QUESTIONS
I. Define the following:
Comparative Politics Causal Relation Free-rider
International Relations Dependent Variable Modernization Theory
Realists Independent Variable Max Weber
Qualitative Analysis Big-N Karl Marx
Quantitative Analysis Small-N Democracy
Complex Causality Structural Theory Terrorism
Correlation Agency Theory Jihad
MSS design Rational Choice Theory Cultural Theory
MDS design Dependency Theory World Systems Theory
Globalization Ethnocentrism
Social Movements Laissez-faire economics
II. Essay Questions:
1) Compare Comparative Politics and International Relations as fields of
study.
2) Discuss the developmental history of Comparative Politics as a field.
3) Compare and contrast Structural versus Agency theories and give
examples of their theoretical applications.
4) Compare and contrast Dependency with World Systems theory.
5) Compare Modernization theory to Dependency theory. (Agency vs.
Structure).
6) Why is East Asia rich? Compare and contrast the Cultural versus
World Systems explanations.
7) What are some “Rational Choice Theory” explanations of democratic
transition?
8) How do Structuralists explain terrorism?
9) How do Rationalists explain Social Movements?
10) Discuss the theoretical problems of the Political Opportunity Structure
approach in explaining Social Movements.
11) Discuss the Cultural explanation of social movements and indicate its
points of strength and weakness.
12) Explain how Culturalists view Globalization.

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MID-TERM REVIEW QUESTIONS

I. Define the following: Comparative Politics Causal Relation Free-rider International Relations Dependent Variable Modernization Theory Realists Independent Variable Max Weber Qualitative Analysis Big-N Karl Marx Quantitative Analysis Small-N Democracy Complex Causality Structural Theory Terrorism Correlation Agency Theory Jihad MSS design Rational Choice Theory Cultural Theory MDS design Dependency Theory World Systems Theory Globalization Ethnocentrism Social Movements Laissez-faire economics II. Essay Questions:

  1. Compare Comparative Politics and International Relations as fields of study.
  2. Discuss the developmental history of Comparative Politics as a field.
  3. Compare and contrast Structural versus Agency theories and give examples of their theoretical applications.
  4. Compare and contrast Dependency with World Systems theory.
  5. Compare Modernization theory to Dependency theory. (Agency vs. Structure).
  6. Why is East Asia rich? Compare and contrast the Cultural versus World Systems explanations.
  7. What are some “Rational Choice Theory” explanations of democratic transition?
  8. How do Structuralists explain terrorism?
  9. How do Rationalists explain Social Movements?
  10. Discuss the theoretical problems of the Political Opportunity Structure approach in explaining Social Movements.
  11. Discuss the Cultural explanation of social movements and indicate its points of strength and weakness.
  12. Explain how Culturalists view Globalization.