CHAPTER 1 - PSC
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- Created on: 30-01-19 20:17
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- 1. American Gov:
- Two reasons for Gov: 1) collective goals 2) provide benefits
- 1) economic prosperity, security, national borders etc.
- 2) education, health care, infrastructure
- Gov and politics can be confused due to things such as capitalism.
- Liberty & John Locke: Life, liberty and property. Growth in the idea of democracy.
- Goods:
- PUBLIC: Non-rivalrous (e.g schools)
- TOLL: Excludable (Pay for them)
- COMMON: Rivalrous but non-excludable (free but with a limited supply, e.g. fishing regs)
- TYPES OF GOV:
- REPUBLIC/ REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY=political power to the people (e.g. US)
- DIRECT DEMOCRACY=people participate in making gov decisions (e.g New England town meetings)
- MONARCHY=one ruler who acts as legislative
- TOTALITARIANISM=gov more important than citizens
- ELITISM V PLURALISM
- E = Top-down, ruled by a set of elites.
- (Wright Mills 'The Power Elite': gov controlled by business)
- P=Bottom-up, political power rests with competing political groups
- TRADE-OFFS=Series of tradeoffs or compromises that helps the majority through action and policy.
- E = Top-down, ruled by a set of elites.
- Civic Engagement:
- Reason for Decline = no money or connections
- Reason for Increase = news, city councils, online, protests, etc.
- 2/3 participate, young less likely to be involved in traditional forms, concerned with newer issues, favor ideology of democrats, they find it difficult to vote.
- Two reasons for Gov: 1) collective goals 2) provide benefits
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