Poli Sci Galop Questions

What's on this wheel

This wheel picks at random from 34 options: Why do some political ideas become institutions, while others remain only ideals?, To what extent does legitimacy, rather than force, explain why power endures?, Why do identical institutions produce different outcomes in different countries?, Is judicial review a safeguard of democracy or a limit on it?, How is political conflict kept within bounds?, What makes an institution last?, What is at stake when political actors compete?, What do political ideas do?, Why does collective action succeed for some interests and fail for others?, What is the relationship between rules and the people who follow them?, What is at stake in disagreeing about justice?, Is political competition a way of distributing power or of disguising its concentration?, Is political competition a way of distributing power or of disguising its concentration?, Can a political regime be evaluated independently of the society it governs?, Can democracy truly prevent the concentration of power, or does it only change who holds it?, Why do some political ideas become institutions, while others remain only ideals?, Do institutions constrain power or channel it?, Why do some political ideas become institutions, while others remain only ideals?, What role do ideas play in making a regime legitimate, and in bringing it down?, How are political communities imagined?, Do institutions constrain power or channel it?, What are the limits of power?, Who wins, and why?, What role do ideas play in making a regime legitimate, and in bringing it down?, Does electoral competition make governments more accountable, or does it only encourage short-term a, Where does power reside in the contemporary world?, How do authoritarian regimes endure, and is repression or legitimation the more important tool?, Is democracy defined by its procedures or by its outcomes?, What does it mean for a regime to be stable?, How do regimes change?, What does it mean to “have” power?, Do ideas shape political outcomes, or do they merely justify interests that already exist?, Is the left-right divide still a useful way to understand contemporary political ideas?, and Do institutions determine political behavior, or do actors shape institutions to suit their interest.