POLI SCI 104 Study Guide - Still Remains, National Power, Strict Constructionism
30 Oct 2014
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All political behavior has a purpose: politicians" behavior is instrumental, politicians work to win an election, help citizens (retail politics) and help organizations (wholesale politics) All politics is collective action: informal bargaining, formal bargaining, collective action (but fear of free riders, by-product theory. People will not contribute to a large group because they believe that they get nothing out of it. Institutions solve collective action problems: jurisdiction, decisiveness, agenda power and veto power, delegation (principal-agent relationship) Policy principle: political outcomes are determined by. Institutional ambitions (moving up in washington, etc. : pork-barrel projects appropriation of government spending for projects that are intended primarily to benefit particular campaign contributors . Five interest groups: new england merchants, southern planters, royalists (businessmen, shopkeepers, small farmers. British taxes and colonial interests: sugar tax and stamp act. Causes merchants and big planters to break from royalist businessmen and boycott british goods successful. After this success, the elite settle down.
