political science

What types of groups does Olson use to explain the rise of states

Roving and stationary bandits

In "Letter from a Birmingham Prison" who does King cite as the biggest stumbling block towards civil rights?

Moderate whites

What are two examples Gentzkow and Shapiro Use of the media successfully avoiding government capture?

The Pentagon Papers and the war terror

Why is competition good in the media?

Multiple firms are harder to bribe, Firms have an incentive to "snitch", Cross-cutting interests

(T/F) Before 1977, the NRA was militantly against any form of gun control

false

After the 1977 revolt, the NRA became

more extreme in opposing any gun control

What is the purpose of Federalist 1?

To argue for a new Constitution that will unify the country

In Federalist 10, Madison identifies what as the biggest problem to creating direct democracy?

Factions

What does the author of Federalist 51 argue is the best thing to counter ambition?

Ambition

What, broadly, is Federalist 66 about?

Impeachment

Broadly speaking, Federalist 68 is about

How presidents are elected

According to the authors of Democracy for Realists, what drives voting choices?

Group attachments

What freak event in 1916 caused Woodrow Wilson's vote share to drop in parts of New Jersey?

Shark attacks

Political parties are

groups of people with similar interests who work together to create and implement policies

Which founding father predicted that factions, which lead to the creation of political parties, were inevitable in any society?

Madison

(T/F) There have only ever been two political parties in US history

false

What factors does Klein point to that explain out current polarized landscape?

Human tendencies to think in groups, Elite polarization, The creation of "mega-identities"

In "Wicked Liberty," the authors argue that the Enlightenment actually came from critiques of European civilization by:

Indigenous Americans

When the authors refer to "schismogenesis," they're talking about:

the way that socialization teaches us to be different from groups to which we don't belong