GVPT 170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Government Failure
16 Oct 2016
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Mcculloch v. maryland: protected national government from actions of the state. Gibbons v. ogden: only congress can regulate commerce. Griswold v. connecticut: court held that a state prohibition on the use of contraceptives is an invasion of privacy. Roe v. wade: states could not impose strict limits on abortion as it had in texas. Nationalization did not just happen: re ects political decisions: competition of interests. Two scenarios: collective action, political considerations. State jurisdiction over public goods =real advantage: ef ciency, responsiveness. Once public good encompasses the larger community logic for local control is gone: railroads. Nationalization of public policy grew out of requirements of collective action: adopt policies bigger than the states, states solicit federal government to solve problems, easier to work through washington than through the states. Collective action dilemmas: coordination problems, reneging and shirking, cutthroat competition. Ex. drivers license laws: created a bureau within dot to centralize record of traf c violations.
