PSC 1002 Quiz: American Gov 1
28 Jan 2019
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This part of your essay should address two concepts: tragedy of the commons and the free-rider problem. Then, discuss at least two examples of collective action problems that arise in politics and how organizations or groups seek to solve them. There are variety of possible examples, including those related to interest groups, social movements, political participation, and many others. The key is to clearly explain what the particular collective action problem is, and to be specific about how groups seek to solve it. Collective action problem: when individuals pursuing their own self-interest leads to a result that is detrimental to society at large (individual rationality -> collective irrationality) Individuals pursue self interest: hard to solve.
