POLISCI 111 Study Guide - Final Guide: Walt Whitman Rostow, Washington Consensus, Gunnar Myrdal
31 Jan 2014
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Where there is no scarcity, there is no politics, because there is no need to persuade, manipulate, lie, scheme, etc. because everyone gets what they want, when they want. Politics can exist in families, classroom, between friends, businesses, high politics (u. n. , senate, etc) Institutions provide a system of preset rule to try answer the who gets what, when where and how before it devolves into petty political bickering. The final decision must be made at some point, by some one. Tea is a basic commodity subsidized in egypt, but it still counts as a limited resource, and thereby induces the concept of scarcity. Poverty: can"t afford enough tea, poor quality of tea. Variety: only have government tea, but demand is for twinings. Priority: who gets tea first, how fast you get the tea. Control: he who controls the teapot controls the tea. Uneven distribution: some people get more tea than others, greed.
