PSCI 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Free Rider Problem, Alexis De Tocqueville, Advocacy Group
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Political association in the united states, tocqueville: political association: joining together; right of it = cornerstone of. The alleged mischiefs of faction, truman: ideals vs. institutions gap: public becoming concerned with power of interest groups and seeks to limit power, when what is is different than should be , pluralist theory. Encouraging competition bw interest groups = good. The logic of collective action, olson: some types of political organizations = more common than others (ex: easier to organize groups around narrow economic interests than broad public goods interests, collective goods. When one is provided to a group, no member can be denied the benefits of the good. Caveat: others can benefit even if they did not participate in collective effort to win the collective good. The larger the number of individuals that would benefit from a collective good, the smaller the share of the gains that will accrue to the individual .