[ECON102] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (14 pages long!)
7 Feb 2017
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Authority is conditional when someone who has legitimate authority but misuse it. Elected officials are supposed to represent the interests of the people who elected them. Does what the majority instructs him or her to do. Is entrusted to do what he or she believes is in the people"s best interest. Politico: representative switches between instructed delegate and trustee. Defining individual liberties in written constitutions and laws. Affording fellow citizens the opportunity to redress their grievances in courts of law. Authority/power is centered in a central government and flows to local governments or states. Local governments get their powers from the central government. All power is centralized and power flows from a central government to local governments. Under king george of great britain colonies. States have almost complete control over local governments. Authority/power is centered in the local governments and flows to the central government. Central government gets their power from the local governments.
