POLS 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, Natural And Legal Rights, American'S Creed
30 Sep 2015
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Requires elaborate set of institutions to resolve the conflict: what are political institutions, rules by which conflict is resolved. Examples of political institutions: congress, presidency, bureaucracy. Judicial system: electoral laws, definition of government= collective set of government institutions, political institutions. Goal is to channel and resolve conflict through an established set of procedures. 4: government can enforce collective agreements because of its coercive power. If you break the law, you will go to jail. Ex: rosa parks and not wanting to give up her seat. Illustration of rational choice theory-cost, benefits, probabilities of an outcome. Each person is his/her own individual company: your competitor with each other, goal is to make the most $ for your company, what is the optimal amount for everyone to produce. 1-person x 20 = 20: take-home points. Each producers has incentives to produce as much as possible, because that increases profits. Without government life would be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
