PLSI 467 Final Exam Study Guide, Fall 2002

The final will cover material from the last half of the course, plus the dominant themes from the first half. Use the list below as a guide to topics, but not as your only preparation. You are responsible for the readings, lecture material, and the 2002 election results we covered in class.

The readings for the last half draw largely from Darcy, Welch, and Clark (1994), Thomas and Wilcox (1998), and Reingold (2000).

Descriptive representation	Single-transferable vote systems
Substantive representation	Runoff elections
Trustee model of representation	Electoral college
Delegate model of representation	San Francisco’s election system
Constituency	Geographically identifiable groups
Interests	Large elections v. smaller elections
Year of the Woman	2002 election results, as analyzed and discussed in class
Midterm congressional elections	Comparison of women in parliaments
Challengers	Change of women in governments over time
Open seats	Differences in women in governments across the globe
Incumbents	Elazar’s political culture categories
Reapportionment	Hostility hypothesis
Redistricting	Competition hypothesis
Eligibility pool	Traditional roles hypothesis
Bottleneck	Voter attitudes toward female candidates
Socialization	Campaigning as a woman
Career preparation	Issue congruence
Education differences	Male conspiracy in electoral politics
Occupational differences	Funding and fund raising
Incumbency	Female legislators’ similarities and differences
Turnover	Roll call votes
Party changes	Committee assignments
Single-member district systems	Leadership types
Multi-member district systems	AZ and CA 1990 legislative session
Proportional representation	Reignold’s methodology
Party lists	Similarities and differences in AZ and CA legislatures
Quotas	Reingold’s results, interpretation, and discussion
At large systems
Mixed systems