POLB50Y3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Political Psychology, Voting Paradox

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Interest is a large part the state of mind. Society competition between different groups and how different groups cooperate. Individual based approaches study of individual human beings rational choice theory. Political psychology institutional approaches rules or sets of ideas (governing relationship among individuals) We are in the institution, we are in context where rules are governing relationship with each other, structure relationship between people. Electoral systems refers to different ways to counting results of vote. Preferential balance rank order of candidate from highest to lowest and submit their balance in order to choose their candidate. Proportional electoral system the seats are proportional to the popular vote. The constituencies of parties win and the other part loses. Federalism set of institutions governing the relationship between the governments (federal vs. provincial) It helps create provinces by claiming independence it involves division. Provinces (artifacts of rules and institutions created by people to govern relationship between individual)

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