OpenStax - Political Science - Unit 1

What is the the process of negotiating with the goal of reaching agreement?

• Bargaining

• Conflict

• Scientific Method

• Status Quo

What are human freedoms with which the government may not interfere?

• Collective Actions

• Civil Rights

• Civil Liberties

• Public Interests

What are opportunities to which all humans are entitled that governments must act to protect?

• Collective Actions

• Civil Rights

• Civil Liberties

• Normative Political Science

In bargaining over a single issue, each participant agrees to move in the direction of those they are bargaining with (for example, the car seller lowers the price and the car buyer increases what they are willing to pay)

• Compromise

• Constitution

• Conflict

• Collective Dilemma

the systematic study of political behavior, generally based on developing hypotheses and testing whether these hypotheses are supported based on the evidence

• Behavioral Political Science

• Normative Political Science

• Empirical Political Science

• Humanistic Political Science

the set of institutions that make and implement decisions for a political collective, most often for a specific geographic area

• Executive

• Institution

• Human Rights

• Government

the systematic study of ideal goals, principles, and behaviors in politics; also called political philosophy

• Political Ideology

• Normative Political Science

• Empirical Political Science

• National Standing

a set of beliefs (or a systematic set of concepts) that helps individuals determine how they see the proper roles of citizens and their governments

• Political Ideology

• Political Science

• Public Interest

• Politics

“who gets what, where, when, and how”—the process for resolving disputes and allocating scarce resources

• People Power Party

• Public Policy

• Public Opinion

• Politics

any decision by a government, such as a law, regulation, or ruling, that attempts to guide human behavior

• Real Decision

• Public Opinion

• Public Policy

• Politics