POLB50Y3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Qwerty, Limited Government, Path Dependence
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Unitary state: final authority/sovereignty resided in a single government. Can have multiple levels of government in place. Cannot exert control outside its sphere of power. Indirect: elect people to represent us in government. Government cannot do certain things; interpreted by the judicial system. Have protection despite majority of society opposes you. I. e. freedom to association with other groups. Government cannot do as they please against the constitution; illegal. Individual rights exist as sometimes majorities opposed. When you make an initial decision it is. But as you keep going on your path it becomes hard to revoke/change your chosen path. I. e. the qwerty keyboard phenomenon created to slow down type writers from typing. Limited government more complicated in reality than in theory. Democracy: demos (the people) + kratos (rule) We do not directly participate in the government. We vote on representatives to represent us.
