GOVT 1111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: John Locke, Connecticut Compromise, Supermajority
12 Jun 2016
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Us constitution: born of politics & structuring politics ever since. The constitution provides the rules of the game in us politics & public policy. Political culture: orientation of citizens of a nation towards politics: freedom/liberty, equality, individualism, self-government/limited government/not too much democracy, religion. Many ideals like liberty & freedom aren"t in the constitution but instead in the. Us constitution: oldest & shortest in the world, establishes the rules of the game = institutional arrangement, establishes a republic. Yet the constitution isn"t solely the fruit of philosophical ideals: born out of politics compromises needed to sell to peers and the constituents. Mixed the two plans together to get a compromise. Connecticut compromise (great compromise): bicameral legislature, house & senate. Unequal representation in the senate because highly populated states get less representation: 3/5th compromise. **constitution didn"t have procedures to bestow aristocratic titles end of feudalism. Implications of the constitution design for responsiveness of the national government to the public for policymaking capacity.
