POS 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: National Power, Compact Theory, Bicameralism
16 May 2019
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Youngest country to join un is south sudan. Division of government power and responsibility: unitary: federal government has all the power, confederate: power in hands of states, federal: power shared between the federal government and subunits. Advantages of federalism: manages social and political conflict, promotes administrative efficiency, encourages innovation, maximizes political participation in government. Disadvantages of federalism: coordination problems across governments, ineffective national government programs, local biases harmful to national interests. Devices to control factions placed in the us constitution: representative government with citizen elections, division of government into three branches, federal system with majority controlled by the sovereign states. Articles of confederation: unicameral congress (one chamber, limited power, lack of national authority. Constitutional convention: the virginia plan: representation based on population of states; bicameral, the new jersey plan: equal representation among the states; bicameral, the great compromise: each state gets two senators (upper). The number of representatives in the house (lower) is based on population.
