POLS 241 Final Exam Study Guide Fall 2024 PDF

POLS 241 Prof. Lee Study Guide – Final Exam The final exam is in-person on Thursday Dec. 12 from 9:40 to 11:40 am in our regular classroom. The final exam is cumulative. It...

POLS 241 Prof. Lee Study Guide – Final Exam The final exam is in-person on Thursday Dec. 12 from 9:40 to 11:40 am in our regular classroom. The final exam is cumulative. It is closed-book, closed-notes. Please bring a pen and water. Please use the midterm study guide under Module 5 to review the earlier material. Same format as the midterm –definition & significance, multiple choice questions, and short paragraph answer questions. It will be longer than the midterm. Most of the multiple-choice questions will be from the first half of the course. The open-ended questions will be from the second half of the course. Module 8: Democracy and Development Engerman and Sokoloff argument on What are the characteristics of a civic settler vs non-settler colonial legacies culture and how does this relate to What are factor endowments and how democracy? are they relevant for long-term growth cultural primordialism in Northern vs. Latin America? cultural constructivism (Engerman and Sokoloff reading) cultural modernization theory What kinds of institutions were built by Protestantism and democracy settler vs. non-settler colonies in Confucianism and democracy Northern vs. Latin America (What Huntington’s Clash of Civilization region had more settler colonies)? argument (Engerman and Sokoloff reading) democracy and growth argument- institutions theoretically why does democracy lead extractive institutions to growth? Are democracies better off than non- democracies? Module 9: Dictatorships monarchic dictatorship (characteristics and country example) military dictatorship (characteristics and country example) civilian dictatorship (know the two types, characteristics and country examples for each) For each of the dictatorships, what do we know about them in terms of regime duration (how long they last), or transitions to democracy? Why do dictatorships hold elections? (see Washington Post article) Module 10: Collective Action Game of Chicken common pool resource (characteristics How does group size relate to and example) overcoming collective action problems? tragedy of the commons (Olson reading) problem of commitment What are some solutions to collective problem of mutual monitoring action problems? (Olson reading) social movements and transitions to public goods (characteristics and democracy example) Arab Spring (role of social media in free-rider problem (solutions) Tunisia and Egypt) interest groups When does China censor information? (see King, Pan and Roberts article) Module 11: Political violence state-based violence greed non-state conflict/violence According to Ross, why is oil more one-sided violence prone to violence compared to other opportunities for civil war (describe natural resources? factors that open opportunities for According to Ross, what does the data conflict) show about oil and conflict? civil war (example) revolution grievances genocide (example) Module 12: Ethnic politics ethnicity/ethnic group everyday forms of engagement primordialism According to Posner’s study on Zambia constructivism and Malawi, why are the same ethnic ethnolinguistic fractionalization (ELF) groups political rivals in one country dictatorship game (our class activity) and not in another? social sanctioning (our class activity) According to Posner’s study, what tools civic engagement did politicians use to mobilize voters? association forms of engagement What impact does ethnic diversity have? Module 13: Women and politics formalistic representation Do electoral quotas help increase female symbolic representation representation? What are its strengths descriptive representation and weaknesses? substantive representation Does descriptive representation lead to reserved seats substantive representation? legislated candidate quotas How does having more women voluntary political party quotas legislators influence policies? (see What country has the highest number of chapter from Paxton and Hughes book) female legislators in the lower house of the national parliament? What about the U.S.? Module 14: Corruption corruption grand (Marcos example from The Guardian reading) vs. petty corruption Corruption Perception Index What are the strengths and weaknesses of perception-based corruption vs. experience-based corruption? clientelism What are the main characteristics of clientelism? (see Hicken’s reading) How is a patron-client relationship different from a principal-agent relationship? Which one describes clientelism? (see Hicken’s reading) Why is clientelism likely to be linked with corruption? (see Hicken’s reading)