Chapter 11 Vocabulary - Political Science: An Introduction

Define Postmaterialism

• Theory that modern culture has moved beyond getting and spending.
• Several factors making something happen.
• Says that two variables are linked: Where X happens, so does Y.
• Finding that two variables are linked but not perfectly

Define multicausal

• Theory that modern culture has moved beyond getting and spending.
• Several factors making something happen.
• Says that two variables are linked: Where X happens, so does Y.
• Finding that two variables are linked but not perfectly

Define if-then statement

• Theory that modern culture has moved beyond getting and spending.
• Several factors making something happen.
• Says that two variables are linked: Where X happens, so does Y.
• Finding that two variables are linked but not perfectly

Define tendency

• Theory that modern culture has moved beyond getting and spending.
• Several factors making something happen.
• Says that two variables are linked: Where X happens, so does Y.
• Finding that two variables are linked but not perfectly

Define franchise and suffrage

• The right to vote
• Percentage of voters switching parties from one election to the next
• Tendency of a given social class to vote for a party that promotes its economic interests.
• Group with a marked tendency.

Define swing

• The right to vote
• Percentage of voters switching parties from one election to the next
• Tendency of a given social class to vote for a party that promotes its economic interests.
• Group with a marked tendency.

Define class voting

• The right to vote
• Percentage of voters switching parties from one election to the next
• Tendency of a given social class to vote for a party that promotes its economic interests.
• Group with a marked tendency.

Define voting bloc<br />

• The right to vote
• Percentage of voters switching parties from one election to the next
• Tendency of a given social class to vote for a party that promotes its economic interests.
• Group with a marked tendency.

Define Electoral College

• U.S. system of weighting popular presidential vote to favor smaller states.
• Something out of the past.
• Major, long-term shift in party ID.
• A single election which proves to result in a realignment

Define anachronism

• U.S. system of weighting popular presidential vote to favor smaller states.
• Something out of the past.
• Major, long-term shift in party ID.
• A single election which proves to result in a realignment