SOCB42H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: American Philosophy, Pop Art, Peter Max
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Note: how to reference (author year: page). Short-sighted leaders: example transit in scarborough bad. Scarborough leaving to other cities so in this case, putting in a subway would be short-sighted because years from now, tax payers could still be paying for it but it wouldn"t be serving a strong enough base. It"s short-sighted because it solves the needs of the present but doesn"t think so much about the long term. Politics of resentment: we don"t want someone extraordinary in charge; we want someone we vote in to be in charge so we tend to get average people. Administrative decentralization: local government; divide territories into smaller ruling bases so the needs of locals will be better reflected; locals can have more influence over the rules that govern them. The problem with this is when you have smaller scale governments; it takes a long time to get things done.
