POLS1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Public Good, Collective Action, Children'S Book Council Of Australia
23 May 2018
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FINAL LECTURE
- Why do we study political science?
- What did we learn this year?
- What’s o the fial ea?
- Politics is the systematic study of government
o The fundamental unit of analysis is power
- Manifestations of power in this course:
o Public good
o Collective action
o Cooperation and conflict
o Federation
o Execution
o Parties/elections/party systems
o Judicial power → not a manifestation of power that is often thought of.
Public Goods
- Politial siee is the stud of ho gets hat, he, ad ho
o Public goods. a idiisile thig that is supplied joitl to all potetial users
▪ Lighthouse
o Network (language/internet)
o Pure (fireworks)
o Rival (roads)
o Vs Private (iPad)
Collective Action
- Political science is also about solving the collection problem: Partiipatio ad
contribution by individual members of any interest groups to the provision of public
goods politial parties
o Size of the group
o Common interest
o Provision of goods
o Trust → built over time
Community
- The problem of politics is community. A set of people aeptig to ake eforeale
olletie deisios o issues of oo iterest
o Taxes
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Document Summary
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