POLS 1101 Exam #1 |44 Questions and Answers
(Georgia Southern University Joshua Kennedy)
collective action - -group of people with course of action
-institutions(political sense) - -rules
-authority vs. power - -authority: formal rule
Power: not formal..make it happen
-collective action problem barriers - -1. coordination
2. prisoners dilema
-tragedy of the commons - -personal contribution is so small we dont consider it our fault
-tragedy of the commons solutions - -balance, regulation, privatization
-transaction costs - -cost to get somthiing done (time effort, resouces)
-conformity costs - -what you put up with once its done.. result of action
-The farmers' tool kit - -command authority and veto authority
-branch that has more authority than senate - -house
-who owns rules - -congress
-natural rights & popular sovereignity (person) - -John Locke
-father of constitution - -james madison
-done in secret...madison took notes..washington elected to preside - -convention
proceedings
-bicameral leg. lower house- appt by population, directly elected
upper house- elected by lower house. list of candidates provided by state legisuature,
appointed by population - -Virginia plan
-this plan is all based on population, smaller states dont get much say - -VA plan
-one state:one vote
congress could impose taxes
majority vote to change policy - -NJ plan
(Georgia Southern University Joshua Kennedy)
collective action - -group of people with course of action
-institutions(political sense) - -rules
-authority vs. power - -authority: formal rule
Power: not formal..make it happen
-collective action problem barriers - -1. coordination
2. prisoners dilema
-tragedy of the commons - -personal contribution is so small we dont consider it our fault
-tragedy of the commons solutions - -balance, regulation, privatization
-transaction costs - -cost to get somthiing done (time effort, resouces)
-conformity costs - -what you put up with once its done.. result of action
-The farmers' tool kit - -command authority and veto authority
-branch that has more authority than senate - -house
-who owns rules - -congress
-natural rights & popular sovereignity (person) - -John Locke
-father of constitution - -james madison
-done in secret...madison took notes..washington elected to preside - -convention
proceedings
-bicameral leg. lower house- appt by population, directly elected
upper house- elected by lower house. list of candidates provided by state legisuature,
appointed by population - -Virginia plan
-this plan is all based on population, smaller states dont get much say - -VA plan
-one state:one vote
congress could impose taxes
majority vote to change policy - -NJ plan
