POLSCI 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Direct Democracy, Ancient Greek, The Federalist Papers
24 Nov 2017
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Geoghegan, vincent and willard, rick, eds, political ideologies: an intro, 4th edition, abingdon rout ledge, 2014. Peer viewed academic journal articles on liberty, by john stuart mill gombakl@mcmaster. ca. Includes, but it is not limited to, the actions of government. Government, then, is the institutional apparatus that makes and enforces the rules. There is some controversy and complex when it cones down to the government. Has to do with compulsion, not voluntary decision making. Gov is a specialized activity of those individuals that make and enforce public decisions that are binding upon the whole community. Gov has an affect on our social life. C= cooperate with the other prisoners ( keep quiet ) D= defect on other prisoners ( rat her out ) Payoff: d,c = o years, c,c= 1 year, d,d = 5 years, c,d= 10 years. The point: people behaving rationally on an individual level can generate outcomes that are socially irrational.
