Poli Sci 150
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- Polyarchy
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Created by Dahl
Democracy= contestation + participation - NORMATIVE ISSUES
- THE WAY THINGS SHOULD BE
- POSITIVE THEORY
- WHY THINGS ARE THE WAY THEY ARE
- PROPERTIES OF CATEGORIZATION
- NEEDS INCLUSIVITY AND EXCLUSIVITY
- INCLUSIVENESS
- EVERYTHING CAN GO SOME WHERE
- EXCLUSIVENESS
- NOTHING CAN GO IN MORE THAN ONE PLACE
- LAW
- CORRELATION BETWEEN TWO THINGS
- THEORY
- EXPLAINS LAWS, THE WHY
- DEFINITION OF POLITICS
- THE AUTHORITIVE ALLOCATION OF VALUES
- ECONOMICS
- VOLUNTARY ALLOCATION OF GOODS AND SERVICES
- AUTHORITATIVE
- POWER AND LEGITIMACY
- ALLOCATION
- PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION
- PROPERTIES OF RATIONAL-CHOICE THEORY
- COMPARABILITY (COMPLETENESS) AND TRANSITIVITY
- CAUSES OF COLLECTIVE ACTION PROBLEM
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PUBLIC VS. PRIVATE GOODS=owner can't deny access, goods never run out
FREE RIDING= no one else will do it, cheat
UNDERPROVISION= we don't see the benefits - SOLUTION TO THE COLLECTIVE ACTION PROBLEM
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SELECTIVE INCENTIVES
SMALL GROUPS
STEP GOODS
SOCIAL INCENTIVES
HOMOGENEITY - PROPERTIES OF RATIONAL CHOICE
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COMPARABILITY (COMPLETENESS)
TRANSITIVITY - GOAL OF RATIONAL CHOICE
- MAXIMIZE BENEFIT OVER COST
- DEFINE CULTURE
- SHARED SETS OF MEANINGS
- DEFINE VERSTEHEN
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UNDERSTANDING THE STATE OF MIND OF THE INDIVIDAL BEING STUDIED
LIVING WITH AN INDIGENOUS TRIBE - DEFINE INTERSUBJECTIVE
- HOLDING THE SAME MEANINGS AS OTHERS
- DEFINE SOCIAL ACTION
- BEHAVIOR THAT TAKES OTHER PEOPLE INTO ACCOUNT
- EXAMPLES OF SOCIAL ACTION
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RITUALS
RULE FOLLOWING
DRAMA - DEFINE INSTITUTION
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STRUCTURAL FACTORS DETERMINING OPPORTUNITES AND CONSTRAINTS
(MACRO) - DEFINE MACRO
- CANNOT BE CHANGED BY AN INDIVIDUAL
- 3 TYPES OF INSTITUTIONS
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PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR
NORMS
RULES - COMPONENTS OF POLITICAL STRATEGY
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UNDERSTAND INSTITUTIONS AND VETO PLAYERS
STRATEGIZE=USE RESOURCES, MIX TACTICS, COMMUNICATION - DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PARLIMENTARY AND PRESIDENTIAL GOVERNMENT
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WHO IS CHIEF EXECUTIVE?
HEAD OF STATE OR HEAD OF LEGISLATURE - DEFINE CABINET
- THE SET OF DIRECTORS OF EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
- DEFINE PERSONAL VOTE
- VOTING FOR A CANIDATE BASED ON QUALIFICATIONS OR PERSONALITY, NOT PARTY LABEL
- TWO PARTIES
- MAJORITARIAN
- 2 OR MORE PARTIES
- CONSENSUAL
- HIGH PARTY DISCIPLINE
- MAJORITARIAN
- LOW PARTY DISCIPLINE
- CONSENSUAL
- UNICAMERAL
- MAJORITARIAN
- BICAMERAL
- CONSENSUAL
- UNITARY
- MAJORITARIAN
- FEDERAL
- CONSENSUAL
- WEAK COMMITTEES
- MAJORITARIAN
- STRONG COMMITTEES
- CONSENUAL
- BENEFIT OF MAJORITARIAN
- EFFICIENT
- BENEFIT OF CONSENSUAL
- FULL REPRESENTATION
- WHY IS THE UK'S CONSTITUTION UNIQUE?
- NO FORMAL WRITTEN DOCUMENT
- COMMON LAW
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TRIAL BY JURY
IMPORTANCE OF PRECEDENCE
SIMPLE CODE OF LAWS
SLOW, BUT SAFE - CIVIL LAW
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TRIAL BY JUDGE
NO USE OF PRECEDENCE
DETAILED CODE OF LAWS
SPEEDY, BUT RISKY-HIGHER CHANCE OF CORRUPTION - JUDICIAL REVIEW
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ARE LAWS CONSTITUTIONAL
ABSTRACT AND CONCRETE