POLSCI 1G06 Lecture : POLI SCI 1G06 Notebook
12 Dec 2013
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Poli sci 1g06 september 10th, 201310/10/2013 7:10:00 am. According to one textbook (dickerson and flanagan), government has to do with compulsion, not voluntary decision making. Government is a specialized activity of those individuals that make and enforce public decisions that are binding upon the whole community (p4) . Find them in every society throughout society. One (possible) way of answering this question is by applying game theory (economics), particularly the prisoners dilemma. Game theory is used for world relations and international scale. Prisoners dilemma asks the question of what is the most likely outcome, given these assumptions, in an environment where there is no authority in place to enforce agreements. The result: people behaving rationally on an individual level can generate outcomes that are irrational. One way out of the prisoners dilemma is for some authority that can enforce agreements and punish those who cheat. Government performs this function (according to the theory) Government helps to give society fundamental goods.
