POL SCI 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Conflict Resolution, Statutory Interpretation, Direct Democracy
18 Dec 2015
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Who benefits? (allocation of benefits and who benefits?) Institutions: stable patterns of response to who governs? , rules affect outcome (e. g. duverger"s) Who will/ ought to benefit and pay. People prefer benefits to costs (immediate benefits deferred costs, personal beliefs costs to others) Decision-making (1) majoritarian (d- costs, d- benefits): Must overcome fr so usually involves broad ideological conflicts (2) entrepreneurial (c, d): clean air, anti-smoking, env policies. Affect groups in conflicting ways, motivated to participate: *****final: chart, issues listed below, put in boxes (cid:1) (cid:1) Madisonian hybrid: institutional fragmentation limit dominance of any single faction: federalism, jr**, connecticut compromise. Each institution seek to achieve control: p leadership, c policy, b discretion, j makes sure they are obeyed. Ability to influence election gives groups power (ig) But mandates are rare (not issue voting, ticket-splitting, staggered elections) Power shared among institutions and often politically through divided government.
