GVPT 170- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 59 pages long!)

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Government and Politics
• Course: GVPT 170
• Professor: Patrick Wohlfarth

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Instead, the u. s. is a republican democracy; the public elect people to represent them. Thus, the act of voting for new laws is delegated to representatives and senators. In a true direct democracy, all members of a group are allowed to participate. More people will be happy with the general outcome (high transaction costs, low conformity costs). In a dictatorship, only one person makes decisions, but those beneath them are more likely to be unhappy (low transaction costs, high conformity costs): delegation and collective action, delegation refers to the assigning of decision-making authority to others. Establishment of this constitution between the states so ratifying the same. Article 7 of the u. s. constitution: note that conventions rather than legislatures are used for ratification, federalists vs. antifederalists, antifederalists argue that local democracy is the only thing that can approach true democracy.