GOVT 1111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Social Contract, Consolidated Laws Of New York, Working Poor
12 Jun 2016
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Tocqueville went to us to bring lessons back to france: surprised by high levels of equality in us: all white male landowners could vote. Later, james bryce was surprised by high levels of inequality because of the guilded age. Growing up in the us bias in views because of limited viewpoints. Increased number of congressional representation by state decreased representation in senate due to state population. Representation of women in american politics: top 100 nations in the world. Us #1 in: incarceration, gun-homicide, child poverty. Us military spending is equal to the next 7 countries combined. Before the great depression, the majority of workers were the working poor: after 1947, rising ride lifted all boats . Relationship between economic inequality & political inequality: top 1% of wealth in share of all incomes was an upside down bell curve, party polarization shares same graph shape. Relationship between economic & political inequality: positive correlation. Locke"s liberalism: social contract given by consent.
