POL SCI 147C Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Democratic-Republican Party, Commerce Clause, Capital Intensity
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Lots of people lived in island communities. Local government is the principle unit that is acting on them on day to day basis. Social way of living reinforces the jeffersonian republican tradition. Those who live and follow the republic. How different jeffersonian republic is from ways that most of us think of today. Units ought to be small bc small=homogenous. That is a good thing, we value shared interest, identities ethnic,economically. That"s what makes a community a community. Strong communities = more people being politically engaged. Smaller unit more incentive to participate bc they can determine the consequences. No incentive for anyone to say i will not personal. Share intest values identities politica less on conflict more on consensual. Politics trust other you don"t need big bureaucratic institutions. The small community is the natural community. The national govt is then an unnatural govet. It is not a part of everyday experience.