POG 100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Administrative Division, Dambisa Moyo, John Stuart Mill
20 Jun 2018
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POG100 Exam Readings
Vaslov Havlov
- Do dissidents have power? Yes
- Green grocer, “Plastic People”
John Stewart Mill
- Government should be created for satisfaction of greatest number including minorities
and women
- Cannot use freedom to hurt others
- Government should maximize happiness of individuals, while placing limits
- Early day feminist
- Government just needs to ensure security (you can get drunk- but not in a car)
Rousseau
- Social contract dictated by the people
- An agreement between the people and their government. Republican roots
- “radically” thinks all men are equal
Sayyid Qutb
- Religious leaders, secular government is enemy
- Says he doesn’t want to see people in charge if they are not fully submissive to god
- Liberation of mankind can only happen if government is eliminated
- Idea of government in 1680s is one that does not do anything (minimum government)
- State will not shrink
- Social contract is dictated by religion
- Secular government stands in the way of people and their true freedoms
Mandela
- Social contract is made of conversation by government and people
- People who fought apartheid regime
- Communities have a role
- Says the contract is negotiated by the state, the people, the community
Erk and Anderson
- Federalism gives people idea that they can run things on their own
- Temptation to decide to leave (Quebec)
- Federalism makes things worse by further entrenching ethnic identities
Kropp and Behnke
- Federalism is supposed to be layered cake
- Marble cake federalism: regional & federal government mixed in
- Layer cake touch but are separate (separate areas of jurisdiction)
- Germany tried to detangle to give other states jurisdiction
- Identify problem identified in article
- Identification of mechanism to explain phenomenon
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Document Summary
Government should be created for satisfaction of greatest number including minorities and women. Government should maximize happiness of individuals, while placing limits. Government just needs to ensure security (you can get drunk- but not in a car) An agreement between the people and their government. Says he doesn"t want to see people in charge if they are not fully submissive to god. Liberation of mankind can only happen if government is eliminated. Idea of government in 1680s is one that does not do anything (minimum government) Secular government stands in the way of people and their true freedoms. Social contract is made of conversation by government and people. Says the contract is negotiated by the state, the people, the community. Federalism gives people idea that they can run things on their own. Federalism makes things worse by further entrenching ethnic identities. Marble cake federalism: regional & federal government mixed in. Layer cake touch but are separate (separate areas of jurisdiction)
