Political Science 200                                                                          David Tabb

Final Exam Study Guide

Spring, 2008

 

  1. concentration of ownership of media, 164
  2. control of media sources by Pentagon, 170
  3. “newsworthiness”, 171
  4. “objective journalism”, 172-173
  5. framing of news stories, 180
  6. definition of interest groups, 191
  7. “public interest groups”, 199
  8. party realignment, 247
  9. when do realignments occur, 250
  10. new deal coalition, 250
  11. why a two party system?, 254
  12. minor parties, 255
  13. theory of responsible party government, 272
  14. electoral competition theory, 273
  15. electoral reward and punishment theory, 274-275
  16. US voter turnout compared to other industrialized nations, 282
  17. most significant demographic predictor of voter, 285
  18. groups with highest voting levels, 285, 286
  19. method of choosing delegates to national party conventions, 290
  20. primary elections, 290
  21. role of momentum in early primaries, 290-291
  22. negative advertising, 293
  23. PACs, 289
  24. “normal vote”, 300
  25. “trustee theory” of representation, 313
  26. gerrymandering, 318
  27. legislative oversight, 343-344
  28. incumbency advantages in congressional elections, 320-324
  29. best predictor of how congress member will voter, 326-327
  30. presidential relations with Congress, 370-371
  31. “two presidencies”, 371-373
  32. presidential vetoes, 373
  33. presidential popularity, 379
  34. Roe v. Wade and right of privacy, 493-494
  35. judicial review, 414
  36. Marbury vs. Madison, 415-416
  37. “stare decisis”, 420
  38. original and appellate jurisdiction, 420
  39. definition of civil liberties, 446
  40. “nationalizing the Bill of Rights, , 450-451
  41. capital punishment, 466

  42. definition of civil rights, 479

 

  1. Brown vs. Board of Education, 484
  2. Supreme Courts’ view on affirmative action programs since Bakke, 486
  3. “economic growth”, 505
  4. macroeconomic policy, 508
  5. primary source of local government revenue, 513
  6. federal deficit, 514
  7. why the authors view the “regulatory state” is likely to expand, 517-518
  8. Medicare and social security, 520-521
  9. Americans complaint about taxes, 513
  10. President Bush’s foreign policy 536-537
  11. multilateralism and unilateralism, 540-541
  12. doctrine of containment, 548
  13. “cold war”, 548

 

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