POLI 101 Lecture Notes - Catherine The Great, Jeremy Bentham, Social Inequality
Document Summary
Definition: a system of ruling or rules. Applicability outside of government and politics: think sports regulation, environmental regime. Composed of (most important aspects) both: institutions of government: both concrete and in the mind, principles: used to make collective decisions. Affect the way institutions are created/shaped/their nature. How close the legislature is tied to the citizens- size small would result in less direct democracy, larger would connect citizens closer to the decision making process. The politics: organization of regimes and political life. Central question discussed in the text: what is the purpose of ruling (whose interests are served by the regime?) Questions: are they just or unjust? (relative term, also a normative judgement) These terms are scientific and categorical ideas that are undiluted, or pure types . Few regimes are pure- most are a mixture of sorts, but lean to one of these types. Displays a commitment to the greater public good.
